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harmless

[ hahrm-lis ]

adjective

  1. without the power or desire to do harm; innocuous:

    He looks mean but he's harmless; a harmless Halloween prank.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  2. without injury; unhurt; unharmed.


harmless

/ ˈɑːɪ /

adjective

  1. not causing any physical or mental damage or injury
  2. unlikely to annoy or worry people

    a harmless sort of man

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ󲹰Ա, noun
  • ˈ󲹰, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • 󲹰·· adverb
  • 󲹰··Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of harmless1

1250–1300; Middle English; harm, -less
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. hold harmless, Law. to relieve from responsibility or liability for any damage or loss. Also save harmless.
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Pretending Trump is as harmless as the average president is political.

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Many are harmless - for example one popular trend makes it appear as if a person was made out of Lego.

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There is nothing harmless or “game show-like” about Trump’s aspirations and plans to become the country’s first autocrat and ruler for life.

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The second myth is the concept known as "harmless wrongs."

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These copies are contained inside a harmless virus, which goes through the retinal cells and replaces the defective gene.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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