harmless
harm·less
adjective \ˈhärm-ləs\Definition of HARMLESS
1
: free from harm, liability, or loss
2
: lacking capacity or intent to injure : innocuous <a harmless joke>
— harm·less·ly adverb
— harm·less·ness noun
Examples of HARMLESS
- His ideas seem harmless enough.
- We're just having a bit of harmless fun.
- It was just a harmless joke.
First Known Use of HARMLESS
14th century
Related to HARMLESS
- Antonyms
- adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous, nocuous, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial, wicked
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