noninjurious

Examples

• All

• Using noninjurious materials in construction helps protect both workers and the environment.

• In general, headrests should be designed to limit displacement of the head to within a noninjurious range and to withstand the loads applied.

  Academic text (1996)

• Their noninjurious approach to product testing ensures that no animals are harmed during trials.

Synonyms

H

harmless

vsnoninjurious

231 1.0

Not able to hurt people or things

is the same idea but stated as a broader everyday term

I

innocuous

vsnoninjurious

30 6.5

Unlikely to hurt or upset people

is about absence of physical injury rather than social offense

V

victimless

vsnoninjurious

11 5.3

Not causing harm to anyone

covers harm to people and to things, not only absence of human victims

N

nontoxic

vsnoninjurious

5 3.4

Safe for people, animals, and the environment

applies to lack of harm not only absence of poison

N

nonthreatening

vsnoninjurious

4 3.8

Not likely to make someone feel afraid or unsafe

stresses absence of causing injury, harm, or damage instead of only fear

N

nondestructive

vsnoninjurious

• Specialized

1 4.4

Does not cause damage to the thing being tested

is more general, not limited to objects or testing situations

U

unoffensive

vsnoninjurious

1 3.7

Something that does not upset people and is harmless

refers to absence of physical injury or damage rather than social offense

N

nondamaging

vsnoninjurious

3.5

Something that does not harm people or things

is the general descriptive term with identical sense

U

undangerous

vsnoninjurious

4.1

Safe and not likely to cause harm

focuses on absence of danger generally rather than specific injury risk

N

non-malignant

vsnoninjurious

4.1

Not trying to hurt or upset someone

focuses on lack of physical harm rather than absence of hostile intent

N

nonabusive

vsnoninjurious

5.1

Without hurtful words or actions toward other people

is about not causing physical injury or damage rather than avoiding abusive behavior

Antonyms

I

injurious

8 7.0

Can harm people, animals, or plants

How Injurious

lethal

1 4.3

dangerous

∞ 1.5

injurious

8 7.0

noninjurious

3.9

innocuous

30 6.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology