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harmless

adj
/ˈhɑːmləs/UK/ˈhɑɹmləs/US

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”).

  1. inherited from *harmalausaz✻
  2. inherited from *hearmlēas✻
  3. inherited from harmles

Definitions

  1. Incapable of causing harm or danger

    Incapable of causing harm or danger; safe.

    • Near-synonyms: benign, innocuous, innocent, undamaging, nonthreatening, unthreatening
    • This snake looks nearly the same as its poisonous cousin but is harmless.

  2. Not intended to harm

    Not intended to harm; inoffensive.

    • His humor can be annoying but is harmless.

  3. Unharmed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for harmless. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA