harmless

Adjective

Meaning

Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless.

Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

innocuous innocent benign inoffensive safe soft mild gentle innoxious unoffending risk-free good simple safety pure
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Antonyms

harmful feller chancy negative armed bad
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Phrases with the word

render harmless be harmless harmless untruth less harmless harmless person make harmless

Examples

But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth. Umberto Eco

Every individual who eats flesh food, whether an animal is killed expressly for him or not, is supporting the trade of slaughtering and contributing to the violent deaths of harmless animals. Philip Kapleau

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless. Eric Hoffer

Hell is populated with the victims of harmless amusements. American Proverb

A noisy person is harmless. Swahili Proverb

If a man is as wise as a serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove. Cheyenne Proverb

Close letter words and terms

harming themselves harming yourself Harmison harmless fun harmless game harmless gas