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Adjective(1) (2) not causing or capable of causing harm(3) not injurious to physical or mental health(4) not producing any toxic effects(5) unlikely to harm or disturb anyone(6) not threatening to life or health(7) not malignant(8) not injurious or dangerous

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(1) Belief in them is harmless enough, no doubt, and may lead on to a further interest in matters Egyptological.(2) I agreed, breathing a sigh of relief that his request seemed to be innocent and harmless enough.(3) it's just harmless entertainment(4) The tope shark is considered harmless to humans because of its small size and its preference for small prey items.(5) This might all sound like harmless fun - but we were also warned that mobile phones can break up marriages.(6) it was a fairly harmless statement(7) We've got better things to do than to try and distort what is now a harmless nickname.(8) It sounds so innocuous, so harmless , like it would barely cause a murmur or a ripple.(9) They often spoke to us children as we passed on our way to school, and seemed both friendly and harmless enough.(10) Surely greater freedom would involve allowing people to smoke a harmless drug such as cannabis?(11) It is in a critical stage and the only way to save her is through a relatively harmless bone marrow transplant.(12) On closer inspection, it turned out that the birds were suffering from a virus harmless to humans.(13) The only difference is that meat infected with scrapie is harmless to humans, whilst BSE kills.(14) The whale shark, the biggest fish on earth, is a plankton feeder and harmless to divers.(15) Over the last few years marijuana has gradually lost its 70s image as a harmless drug.(16) Although they're hardly cutting any new edge, it's competent and harmless enough.
Related Words
(1) harmless
Synonyms
Adjective
1. safe
2. innocuous
3. benign
4. gentle
5. mild
6. wholesome
7. nontoxic
8. nonpoisonous
9. nonirritant
10. nonirritating
11. hypoallergenic
12. nonaddictive


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

A little, but he's basically harmless.

A little, but he's basically HARMLESS.

The Big Bang Theory Season 8, Episode 7


You know, these experiments
are pretty harmless.

You know, these experiments are pretty HARMLESS.

The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 17


I'm just a harmless giant
from a foreign land.

I'm just a HARMLESS giant from a foreign land.

The Big Bang Theory Season 9, Episode 10


I'm just a harmless little girl
with military grade spy equipment.

I'm just a HARMLESS little girl with military grade spy equipment.

The Big Bang Theory Season 9, Episode 8


That's kind of an overreaction
to a little harmless necrophilia.

That's kind of an overreaction to a little HARMLESS necrophilia.

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 1


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