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Webster 1913 Edition


Harmless

Harm′less

(härm′lĕs)
,
Adj.
1.
Free from harm; unhurt;
as, to give bond to save another
harmless
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Webster 1828 Edition


Harmless

H`ARMLESS

,
Adj.
Not hurtful or injurious; innoxious. Ceremonies are harmless in themselves.
1.
Unhurt; undamaged; uninjured; as, to give bond to save another harmless.
2.
Innocent; not guilty.
Who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners. Heb.7.

Definition 2024


harmless

harmless

English

Adjective

harmless (comparative more harmless, superlative most harmless)

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