Harmless
/ˈhɑːmləs/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Incapable of causing harm or danger; safe.
"Near-synonyms: benign, innocuous, innocent, undamaging, nonthreatening, unthreatening"
- 2 Not intended to harm; inoffensive.
"His humor can be annoying but is harmless."
- 3 Unharmed. obsolete
Adjective
- 1 not causing or capable of causing harm wordnet
Example
More examples"Liberty consists of being able to make everything as harmless as possible."
Etymology
From Middle English harmles, from Old English *hearmlēas, from Proto-Germanic *harmalausaz (“without harm; harmless”), equivalent to harm + -less. Cognate with German harmlos (“harmless”), Danish harmløs (“harlmess”), Swedish harmlös (“harmless”).