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单词 harmless
释义

harmless

adjective

harm·​less ˈhärm-ləs How to pronounce harmless (audio)
1
: free from harm, liability, or loss
2
: lacking capacity or intent to injure : innocuous
a harmless joke
harmlessly adverb
harmlessness noun

Synonyms

  • anodyne
  • benign
  • hurtless
  • innocent
  • innocuous
  • inoffensive
  • safe
  • white
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Example Sentences

His ideas seem harmless enough. We're just having a bit of harmless fun. It was just a harmless joke.
Recent Examples on the Web There aren’t real knives being wielded, only harmless plastic props used for a self-defense drill. Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022 The appeals court concluded, however, that the agent's testimony was a harmless error, and upheld Kilpatrick's conviction. Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2022 Kyle Bradish held Cleveland to two harmless singles in seven innings and Cedric Mullins homered on Shane Bieber’s first pitch, leading visiting Baltimore to a win. San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Sep. 2022 Like, say a harmless tweet goes viral and then gets edited to include harassment or misinformation? Allison Morrow, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 In existing OPVs, that part of the genome needs to go through just a single mutation to go from being harmless to dangerous. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 31 Aug. 2022 Miss Manners would consider these quaint trappings harmless, but only up to the point when they are used as a serious requirement. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 Depp’s cameos were an endorsement of his stardom, tacitly portraying him as a harmless celebrity who—if the image of him hovering before the audience wasn’t clear enough—is above judgment, whether those below are cheering him on or criticizing him. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2022 Iranian drones have been used to attack U.S. troops in Syria but defenses have rendered them mostly harmless, according a U.S. military official who was not authorized to speak publicly. Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

harmless

adjective

harm·​less ˈhärm-ləs How to pronounce harmless (audio)
: not harmful
"… the real issue is Mrs. Granger's reaction to a harmless little experiment with language …" Andrew Clements, Frindle

Legal Definition

harmless

adjective

harm·​less
1
: free from harm, liability, or loss
often used in the phrase to hold harmless
see also hold harmless
2
: lacking capacity or intent to injure

harmless

adjective

as in benign
not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt a perfectly harmless little spider

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • benign
  • innocuous
  • innocent
  • safe
  • inoffensive
  • healthy
  • anodyne
  • white
  • mild
  • sound
  • gentle
  • healthful
  • benignant
  • hurtless
  • wholesome
  • salubrious
  • unobjectionable
  • trustworthy
  • nonthreatening
  • nontoxic
  • nonpoisonous
  • gracious
  • painless
  • nondestructive
  • noncorrosive
  • noninfectious
  • nonpolluting
  • nonlethal
  • nonfatal
  • nonvenomous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dangerous
  • harmful
  • bad
  • detrimental
  • injurious
  • adverse
  • evil
  • poisonous
  • deleterious
  • noxious
  • damaging
  • mischievous
  • prejudicial
  • pernicious
  • hurtful
  • wicked
  • ill
  • hazardous
  • baneful
  • threatening
  • sinister
  • venomous
  • menacing
  • baleful
  • unsafe
  • risky
  • ominous
  • nocuous
  • perilous
  • unhealthy
  • painful
  • unsound
  • nasty
  • unwholesome
  • deadly
  • fatal
  • lethal
  • offensive
  • unhealthful
  • destructive
  • noxious
  • malignant
  • insidious
  • ruinous
  • scathing
  • noisome
  • polluted
  • parlous
  • imperilling
  • imperiling
  • jeopardizing
  • tainted
  • pestilent
  • wounding
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