HARMLESS DEFINITIONS - 10 definitions found
harmless adj 1: not causing or capable of causing harm; "harmless bacteria"; "rendered the bomb harmless" [ant: harmful] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) harmless adjective Date: 14th century 1. free from harm, liability, or loss 2. lacking capacity or intent to injure ; innocuous <a harmless joke> • harmlessly adverb • harmlessness noun Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary harmless 1. Something that is harmless does not have any bad effects, especially on people's health. Industry has been working at developing harmless substitutes for these gases... This experiment was harmless to the animals. = safe ≠ harmful ADJ • harmlessly Another missile exploded harmlessly outside the town. ADV: ADV with v 2. 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. ADJ • harmlessly It started harmlessly enough, with a statement from the Secretary of State for Social Security. ADV: ADV after v English Explanatory Dictionary harmless ˈhɑ:mlɪs adj. 1 not able or likely to cause harm. 2 inoffensive. øøharmlessly adv. harmlessness n. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Harmless \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. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms harmless a. 1. Innoxious, innocuous, not hurtful, innocent. 2. Inoffensive, unoffending, innocent. 3. Uninjured, unhurt, unharmed, unscathed, undamaged. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) harmless ˈhɑ:mlɪs adj. benign, innocuous, inoffensive, gentle, mild, innocent, safe; non-toxic, non-poisonous, non-venomous: Pay no attention to such harmless gossip. It is impossible to identify harmless snakes by sight. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 67 Moby Thesaurus words for "harmless": benign, bright, dependable, fail-safe, firm, fresh, gentle, guaranteed, guiltless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, inviolate, invulnerable, mild, mint, nonmalignant, nonpoisonous, nontoxic, nonvirulent, painless, pristine, reliable, riskless, safe, scatheless, sound, stable, steady, trustworthy, unbroken, unbruised, undamaged, undamaging, undangerous, undefaced, undeformed, undemolished, undestroyed, unfaded, unharmed, unhazardous, unhurt, unhurtful, unimpaired, uninjured, uninjurious, unmaimed, unmangled, unmarked, unmarred, unobnoxious, unoffending, unperilous, unprecarious, unrisky, unscarred, unscathed, unscratched, unshattered, unspoiled, untorn, untouched, unwithered, unworn, virgin, warranteed |
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