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harm·less (härm′lis)
adjective
- Rare not harmed
- causing or seeking to cause no harm; not harmful; inoffensive
Related Forms:
- harmlessly harm′·lessly adverb
- harmlessness harm′·less·ness noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
harmless
modif.
Usually said of persons
inoffensive, naive, simple; see kind 1.Usually said of things
pure, undefiled, spotless, unblemished, innocent, painless, unoffending, innoxious, navigable, powerless, controllable, manageable, safe, innocuous, not habit-forming, sure, nonirritating, reliable, noninjurious, trustworthy, sanitary, germproof, sound, not hurtful, out of operation, out of gear, inoffensive, sterile, without power, without tendency to harm, inoperative, disarmed; see also gentle 3, kind 1, weak 5, 6.
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Preposition: as
- dove: You must be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- render: Sometimes we fear the approach of the last enemy, but Christ by His own death has rendered death harmless to His own people.
Modifies a noun
- prank: Synopsis It was meant to be a harmless stag night prank.
Modifying Another Word
- seemingly: Your first encounter is with a seemingly harmless little chap who shows you the way to the village.
Used with adjective complement
- render: There's an example ( which has been rendered harmless ) here.
Preposition: from
- claim: You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any claim resulting from your publications or use of Illegal, Abusive or Unethical materials.
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Behold,I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
A book is not harmless merely because no one is consciously offended by it.
A man's behaviour may be quite harmless and even beneficial, when he ismorally behaving like a scoundrel. And he may do great harm when he is morally acting on the highest principles.
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