harmless
Americanadjective
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without the power or desire to do harm; innocuous.
He looks mean but he's harmless; a harmless Halloween prank.
- Synonyms:
- benign, unobjectionable, innocent, mild, inoffensive
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without injury; unhurt; unharmed.
idioms
adjective
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not causing any physical or mental damage or injury
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unlikely to annoy or worry people
a harmless sort of man
Other Word Forms
- harmlessly adverb
- harmlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of harmless
Example Sentences
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They are “not the harmless environmentalists they pretend to be,” Starmer said.
That aside, the film’s barrage of scenes, sketches, shout-outs and absurdist scenarios leading up to the climactic wine-making championship are largely harmless flights of farce.
From Los Angeles Times
The second is surrender—treat AI as harmless, let students use it without structure, and embrace “the future.”
He looked so sweet and harmless that I forgot sense and stuck my finger out to him, as if he were a tame bird.
From Literature
It also includes a harmless antigen, an egg protein known as ovalbumin or OVA, which draws T cells into the lungs and helps sustain the boosted innate response for weeks to months.
From Science Daily
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