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- Dictionaryharmless/ˈhɑːmləs/
adjective
- 1. not able or likely to cause harm: "the venom of most spiders is harmless to humans" Similar Opposite
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adjective. uk / ˈhɑːm.ləs / us / ˈhɑːrm.ləs / Add to word list. B2. not able or not likely to cause harm: Peter might look a bit fierce, but actually he's fairly harmless. harmless fun There were those who found the joke offensive, but Johnson insisted it was just a bit of harmless fun. Opposites. damaging. detrimental formal. harmful.
The meaning of HARMLESS is free from harm, liability, or loss. How to use harmless in a sentence.
If you describe someone or something as harmless, you mean that they are not important and therefore unlikely to annoy other people or cause trouble. He seemed harmless enough. I would not want to deny them a harmless pleasure.
adjective. us / ˈhɑːrm.ləs / uk / ˈhɑːm.ləs / Add to word list. B2. not able or not likely to cause harm: Peter might look a bit fierce, but actually he's fairly harmless. harmless fun There were those who found the joke offensive, but Johnson insisted it was just a bit of harmless fun. Opposites. damaging. detrimental formal. harmful.
Harmless definition: without the power or desire to do harm; innocuous. See examples of HARMLESS used in a sentence.
Definitions of harmless. adjective. not causing or capable of causing harm. “ harmless bacteria” “rendered the bomb harmless ” synonyms: benign, benignant. pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence. innocent, innocuous. lacking intent or capacity to injure. innocuous. not injurious to physical or mental health. painless.
harmless (to somebody/something) unable or unlikely to cause damage or harm. The bacteria is harmless to humans.