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- Dictionaryharmless/ˈhɑːmləs/
adjective
- 1. not able or likely to cause harm: "the venom of most spiders is harmless to humans" Similar Opposite
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adjective. us / ˈhɑrm·ləs / Add to word list. not able or likely to cause harm: Some think television hurts children and others regard it as harmless entertainment. (Definition of harmless from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of harmless. harmless.
The meaning of HARMLESS is free from harm, liability, or loss. How to use harmless in a sentence.
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.
adjective. us / ˈhɑrm·ləs / Add to word list. not able or likely to cause harm: Some think television hurts children and others regard it as harmless entertainment. (Definition of harmless from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of harmless. harmless.
Harmless definition: without the power or desire to do harm; innocuous. See examples of HARMLESS used in a sentence.
harmless (to somebody/something) unable or unlikely to cause damage or harm. The bacteria is harmless to humans.
1. Not causing or incapable of causing harm. 2. Not intended to harm or offend; inoffensive. 3. a. Of or relating to an error in a trial that would not change the outcome and therefore does not call for a reversal of the case on appeal. b. Not giving rise to legal liability: an agreement to treat another party's behavior as harmless.
HARMLESS definition: 1. not able or not likely to cause any hurt or damage: 2. not likely to shock or upset people: . Learn more.
Definition of harmless adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Things that are safe or benign don't cause harm, and are therefore harmless, like your dad's harmless teasing or a compostable paper plate that's harmless to the environment. The word harmless originally meant "uninjured," or "not harmed," and came to mean "undamaged" by the end of the 1300s.
