harmless
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- adjective
- /ˈhɑrm.ləs/
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inofensivo
- The insect is completely harmless, so you can safely let it crawl on your hand.
- harmless to humans
- harmless products
- relatively harmless
We were playing a harmless game, Angry Birds, whatever.
- We were playing a harmless game, Angry Birds, whatever.
- There's no real risk in these harmless endeavors.
- And it might have been harmless, and if it was harmless, so be it.
- Those so-called harmless white lies are not going to fly with us.
- But I have to say it is quite harmless if you hold it at arm's length.
- And she'd like, she paints this picture of this, of this harmless loving creature.
- Socrates gives the example here of things like joy and harmless pleasures.
- It's one of the most docile sharks that it's like one of the most harmless sharks, people.
- But their wills, their volitions are not harmless, he says.
- An arbitrary showing off, harmless self confident play.
Examples
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And because they are nonradioactive, they are harmless to infants and children in the studies.
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There's no real risk in these harmless endeavors.
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Now that sounds pretty harmless, but but here comes the challenge.
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But it was kind of harmless, so to speak, right?
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But I have to say it is quite harmless if you hold it at arm's length.
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We were playing a harmless game, Angry Birds, whatever.
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At first, they may seem harmless.
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There are transparent and harmless ways to edit user comments on a site.
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Sorry, sidetrack, this seems safe, harmless, at least at first.
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We talked about all manner of things, and a lot of harmless flirtation went on.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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Not likely to be harmed or in danger
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Not meant to cause harm or upset
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Unlikely to hurt or upset people
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Something that does not upset people and is harmless
Not likely to hurt people, animals, or things
Something that does not harm people or things
Not likely to cause danger or harm
Safe and not likely to cause harm
Not making people angry or hurting them
Antonyms
Compounds
How Harmful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word harmless is made of harm and -less, where -less means 'without', so it literally means 'without harm' and describes something that cannot hurt you.