harmlessadjective
uk/ˈhɑːm.ləs/us/ˈhɑːrm.ləs/B2 not able or not likely to cause harm:
Peter might look a bit fierce, but actually he's fairly harmless.
There were those who found the joke offensive, but Johnson insisted it was just a bit of harmless fun.
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- They say that exposure to low level radioactivity is harmless.
- These normally harmless substances combine to form a highly poisonous gas.
- Those who think this is a harmless recreational drug are being naive.
- For a long time, tobacco was thought to be a harmless.
- They weren't having an affair - it was a harmless flirtation and nothing more.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Safe and secure
- as safe as houses idiom
- bite
- coast
- copper-bottomed
- fail-safe
- firmly
- friendly
- immune
- innocent
- innocuous
- inoffensive
- inviolate
- kind
- ozone-friendly
- safety net
- sb/sth won't bite idiom
- seaworthy
- securely
- sheltered
- the coast is clear idiom
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harmlessly
adverb uk/ˈhɑːm.ləs.li/us/ˈhɑːrm.ləs.li/
harmlessness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈhɑːm.ləs.nəs/us/ˈhɑːrm.ləs.nəs/