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   harm·less

   /ˈhärmləs/

   adjective

   • 1. not able or likely to cause harm: "the venom of most spiders is harmless to humans" Similar safeinnocuousbenigngentlemildwholesomenondangerousnontoxicnonpoisonousnonirritantnonaddictiverare:innoxiousOpposite dangerousharmful
   • ▪ inoffensive: "as an entertainer, he's pretty harmless" Similar inoffensiveinnocuousunobjectionableunexceptionableunoffendingtamegentleOpposite objectionable

   Derivatives

   • 1. harmlessness noun

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › harmlessHarmless Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of HARMLESS is free from harm, liability, or loss. How to use harmless in a sentence.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishHARMLESS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   adjective. uk / ˈhɑːm.ləs / us / ˈhɑːrm.ləs / Add to word list. B2. not able or not likely to cause harm: Peter might look a bit fierce, but actually he's fairly harmless. harmless fun There were those who found the joke offensive, but Johnson insisted it was just a bit of harmless fun. Opposites. damaging. detrimental formal. harmful.

4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishHARMLESS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you describe someone or something as harmless, you mean that they are not important and therefore unlikely to annoy other people or cause trouble. He seemed harmless enough. I would not want to deny them a harmless pleasure.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryHARMLESS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   adjective. us / ˈhɑːrm.ləs / uk / ˈhɑːm.ləs / Add to word list. B2. not able or not likely to cause harm: Peter might look a bit fierce, but actually he's fairly harmless. harmless fun There were those who found the joke offensive, but Johnson insisted it was just a bit of harmless fun. Opposites. damaging. detrimental formal. harmful.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › harmlessHarmless - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Things that are safe or benign don't cause harm, and are therefore harmless, like your dad's harmless teasing or a compostable paper plate that's harmless to the environment. The word harmless originally meant "uninjured," or "not harmed," and came to mean "undamaged" by the end of the 1300s.

7. www.thefreedictionary.com › harmlessHarmless - definition of harmless by The Free Dictionary

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   1. Not causing or incapable of causing harm. 2. Not intended to harm or offend; inoffensive. 3. a. Of or relating to an error in a trial that would not change the outcome and therefore does not call for a reversal of the case on appeal. b. Not giving rise to legal liability: an agreement to treat another party's behavior as harmless.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishharmless adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

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   harmless (to somebody/something) unable or unlikely to cause damage or harm. The bacteria is harmless to humans.