harmless
- Incapable of causing harm or danger; safe.
- Not intended to harm; inoffensive.
- (obsolete) Unharmed.
Opposite of
harmful, deleterious, damaging, threatening
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhɑːmləs/
Etymology
In summary
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”).
Related words
not dangerous
scot free
not doing any harm
not hurting
non-harmful
innocuo
inoffensif
αβλαβής
inofensivo άκακος
ongevaarlijk
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