harmless meaning
EN[ˈhɑɹmləs] [ˈhɑːmləs]US
WHarmless
- The term harmless may be taken in several ways:
- A legal term occurring in the contract law concept of hold harmless (indemnity). See also waiver.
- An in-joke for HGTTG aficionados: see Mostly Harmless.
- AdjectiveCOMmore harmlessSUPmost harmlessSUF-less
- Incapable of causing harm or danger.
- Not intended to harm; inoffensive.
- The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. [ …] Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?
- Safe.
- Incapable of causing harm or danger.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- If that wasn't bad enough for the harmless browser, there's that "reviewerese" to negotiate:
- It seems harmless enough, and often is; but if experienced players are doing it, the potential is there for collusion. And collusion is more than angle-shooting -- it's outright cheating.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of harmless in English Dictionary
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- Adjectives
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- Words suffixed with -less
- Words suffixed with -less
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- en harmlessly
- en harmlessness
- en harmlessnesses
Source: Wiktionary