Meaning of HARMLESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'hârmlis
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- [adj] (pathology) not threatening to life or health; not malignant; "a benign tumor is usually harmless"
- [adj] not causing or capable of causing harm; "harmless bacteria"; "rendered the bomb harmless"
- [adj] not injurious to physical or mental health
- [adj] unlikely to harm or disturb anyone; "harmless old man"
- [adj] not producing any toxic effects
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| | Synonyms: | | benign, benignant, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, insipid, nonmalignant, uncontroversial, unoffending |
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| | Antonyms: | | harmful, noxious | | |
| | See Also: | | atoxic, harmless, nontoxic, painless, safe | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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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