Definitions for harmless
ˈhɑrm lɪsharm·less

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. harmlessadjective

   not causing or capable of causing harm

   "harmless bacteria"; "rendered the bomb harmless"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. harmlessadjective

   incapable of causing harm or danger

2. harmlessadjective

   not intended to harm; inoffensive

3. harmlessadjective

   safe

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Harmlessadjective

   Etymology: from harm.

   1. Innocent; innoxious; not hurtful.

   Touching ceremonies harmless in themselves, and hurtful only in respect of number, was it amiss to decree that those things that were least needful, and newliest come, should be the first that were taken away? Richard Hooker, b. iv. s. 14.

   She, like harmless lightning, throws her eye
   On him, her brothers, me, her master; hitting
   Each object with a joy. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   2. Unhurt; undamaged.

   The shipwright will be careful to gain by his labour, or at least to save himself harmless, and therefore suit his work slightly, according to a slight price. Walter Raleigh, Essays.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. harmless

   Harmless refers to someone or something that is incapable of causing damage, injury, pain or any form of harm. It means not threatening, safe or benign.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Harmlessadjective

   free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless

2. Harmlessadjective

   free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive

How to pronounce harmless?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of harmless in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of harmless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of harmless in a Sentence

1. Jay Leno:

   At the time I did those jokes, I genuinely thought them to be harmless, i was making fun of our enemy North Korea, and like most jokes, there was a ring of truth to them.

2. Adam Goodman:

   Adam Goodman, Adam Goodman said this case was different than the woman who made headlines last week after a United Airlines flight refused her request to bring her emotional support peacock on a flight. This was n’t a giant peacock that could pose a danger to other passengers. This was a tiny cute harmless hamster that could fit in the palm of her hand.

3. Elan Carr:

   Words matter, antisemitic words aren't harmless, they might be protected by the First Amendment, and I'm not suggesting that they be censored, but they're not harmless. They do real damage. That’s take away No. 1. Take away No. 2 is that social media is remarkably effective and impactful.

4. Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown:

   The penalties in the federal system need to be much more conveyed to people to discourage this idea that this is a harmless, mostly clerical administrative violation of the federal system, it is blood money. You are getting the guns... to someone that will harm someone.

5. Mary Pilon:

   Don't underestimate people by how they look, i have a grandmother in her late 80s - tiny, churchgoing, harmless - who is an absolute killer at the Monopoly table. She turns into somebody else.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=harmless
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Harmless
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=harmless
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harmless