Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Harmless"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Harmless \Harm"less\, a.
1. Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another
harmless.
2. Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent;
inoffensive. `` The harmless deer.'' --Drayton
Syn: Innocent; innoxious; innocuous; inoffensive;
unoffending; unhurt; uninjured; unharmed.
--{Harm"less*ly}, adv.- {Harm"less*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
harmless
adj 1: not causing or capable of causing harm; "harmless bacteria";
"rendered the bomb harmless" [ant: {harmful}]
2: not injurious to physical or mental health [syn: {innocuous}]
[ant: {noxious}]
3: not producing any toxic effects
4: unlikely to harm or disturb anyone; "harmless old man" [syn:
{innocuous}]
5: (pathology) not threatening to life or health; not
malignant; "a benign tumor is usually harmless" [syn: {nonmalignant}]
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