HARMLESS

harmless

(adjective) not causing or capable of causing harm; “harmless bacteria”; “rendered the bomb harmless”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

harmless (comparative more harmless, superlative most harmless)

Incapable of causing harm or danger; safe.

Not intended to harm; inoffensive.

(obsolete) Unharmed.

Synonyms

• benign

• innocent

• innocuous

• undamaging

Antonyms

• harmful

Source: Wiktionary

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Harm"less, a.

1. Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless.

2. Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive. " The harmless deer." Drayton

Syn.

– Innocent; innoxious; innocuous; inoffensive; unoffending; unhurt; uninjured; unharmed. --Harm"less*ly, adv.- Harm"less*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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