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Harmless definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

H`ARMLESS, a. Not hurtful or injurious; innoxious. Ceremonies are harmless in themselves.
1. Unhurt; undamaged; uninjured; as, to give bond to save another harmless.
2. Innocent; not guilty.
Who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners. Hebrews 7.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not causing or capable of causing harm; "harmless bacteria"; "rendered the bomb harmless" [ant: harmful]

Merriam Webster's

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 Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 not able or likely to cause harm. 2 inoffensive. Derivatives: harmlessly adv. harmlessness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Innoxious, innocuous, not hurtful, innocent. 2. Inoffensive, unoffending, innocent. 3. Uninjured, unhurt, unharmed, unscathed, undamaged.

Moby Thesaurus

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