as in benign
not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt
a perfectly harmless little spider
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Recent Examples of harmless
But they’ve also been shown to flag harmless behaviors – like writing short stories with mild violence, or researching topics related to mental health.
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Aislinn Conrad, The Conversation, 13 June 2025
Over time, the poster and the woman have become friendly through occasional harmless interactions.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 7 June 2025
This enzyme can break down the molecules of cis-urocanic acid into harmless components.
—Jay Kakade
june 03, New Atlas, 3 June 2025
What some viewers initially perceived as a harmless prank quickly escalated into a tense exchange.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 12 June 2025
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Aislinn Conrad, The Conversation, 13 June 2025
Over time, the poster and the woman have become friendly through occasional harmless interactions.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 7 June 2025
This enzyme can break down the molecules of cis-urocanic acid into harmless components.
—Jay Kakade
june 03, New Atlas, 3 June 2025
What some viewers initially perceived as a harmless prank quickly escalated into a tense exchange.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 12 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for harmless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harmless
Adjective
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The run of play seemed benign — rookie defender Ian Pilcher, 21, herding the ball in San Diego’s defensive half.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 June 2025
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For starters, the city already faces annual budget deficits of nearly $10 billion within four years, assuming a benign economic forecast.—
Antonio Weiss,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2025
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Even if that happens and PG surrenders its box office crown, a rating that was once seen as standing for something overly safe and sanitized has finally become cool again.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
18 June 2025
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If foreign investors no longer see U.S. Treasuries as a safe haven, however, that could force the Treasury to pay higher yields to bring back buyers.—
Greg McKenna,
Fortune,
18 June 2025
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On July 8, U.S. soldiers escorting a train fired at crowds in Hammond, killing an innocent bystander.—
Robert Loerzel,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2025
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Night in West Texas is a probing look at the cracks in the American justice system and how one innocent man so easily slipped through them.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
21 June 2025
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Seemingly innocuous actions, like sharing login credentials to save time or skipping software updates, can become the first step toward a major security incident.—
Daniel Root,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Many of the sites used trackers in relatively innocuous ways, like counting page views.—
Colin Lecher,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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The party scenes with leggy dancers, meant to be decadent, are inoffensive.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
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But its efforts to remain anonymous and inoffensive have been undone by allegations of labor abuses, environmental criticisms and, despite moving its headquarters to Singapore, persistent concerns about its Chinese ownership.—
Timothy McLaughlin,
Wired News,
5 May 2025
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Curcumin also supports the healthy flexibility and function of your blood vessels.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
26 June 2025
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Though online diets are often filled with rigid rules and exclusions, the healthiest way to eat takes into account your mental and emotional health as well, experts previously told USA TODAY.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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“Harmless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harmless. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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