hurtless
Americanadjective
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unhurt; uninjured.
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harmless; innocuous.
Other Word Forms
- hurtlessly adverb
- hurtlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of hurtless
First recorded in 1350–1400, hurtless is from the Middle English word hurtles. See hurt, -less
Example Sentences
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Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; Arm, it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lady Allonby meanwhile regarded him, as she might have looked at a frog or a hurtless snake.
From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by Cabell, James Branch
Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it.
From Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil)
They had him stand in the Peace Stead and they brought against him all the things that had sworn to leave him hurtless.
From The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Pogany, Willy
"If it go on bleeding like that," I thought, "it will soon be hurtless!"
From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George
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