• Harmless

    Pronunciation

    • GenAm IPA: /ˈhɑɹmlÉ™s/
    • RP IPA: /ˈhɑːmlÉ™s/

    Origin

    harm + -less

    Full definition of harmless

    Adjective

    harmless

    1. Incapable of causing harm or danger.
    2. Not intended to harm; inoffensive.
      • 1922, Ben Travers, A Cuckoo in the Nest Chapter 5, 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?
    3. Safe.

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