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harmlessness

harmlessness

1 3.3
The state of not causing harm or danger
  • noun
  • /ˈhɑrmlesnəs/
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  • It makes her angry sometimes to be a big clunk of harmlessness that everything is afraid of.

Examples

  • He has applied himself to six things: to dispassion, to detachment, to harmlessness, to the destruction of craving, to the destruction of rasping, and to non-delusion.

    Academic text (1990)
  • You had to learn to appreciate her small shows of poetry and harmlessness.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Ethically, Witches value freedom and harmlessness.

    Academic text (1997)
  • But it's work that we can't do if we passively accept the broader societal messaging about the harmlessness of cannabis.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The study highlighted the harmlessness of certain household products, reassuring consumers about their safety.

  • Parents often appreciate the harmlessness of nature documentaries, as they provide educational content without any violent scenes.

  • The scientists published their findings on the harmlessness of the new vaccine, emphasizing its safety for all age groups.

Synonyms

safety
vsharmlessness
1.0

A place or condition that protects you from danger

concerns causing no harm, not the condition of being protected
safeness
vsharmlessness
1 1.8

Being free from danger or risk

is about causing no harm rather than being free from danger
nondangerousness
vsharmlessness
7.9

A quality of not causing harm to people or things

is about not causing harm rather than mere danger absence
inoffensiveness
vsharmlessness
4.8

Not causing harm or making others upset

focuses on avoiding harm rather than preventing social offense

Antonyms

1 4.8

How much something can hurt people, animals, or things

How Harmful

lethality
6 7.5
danger
1.0
risk
1.9
safety
1.0
harmlessness
1 3.3

Surface Forms

harmlessness singular

Morphology

harmlessness = harmless (transparent) = harm + less + ness

Formed from the adjective 'harmless' with the noun-forming suffix '-ness', yielding the state or quality of not causing harm.

Etymology

Harmlessness comes from the common word harm ('injury' or 'damage') plus the ending -less ('without') and -ness ('state' or 'quality'). So, harmlessness means the state of not causing harm.