Meaning

3 senses
  1. Incapable of causing harm or danger; safe.

    Near-synonyms: benign, innocuous, innocent, undamaging, nonthreatening, unthreatening

    This snake looks nearly the same as its poisonous cousin but is harmless.

    harmlos, unschädlich, ungefährlich

    безвре́дныйbezvrédnyj, безоби́дныйbezobídnyj

    нешкідли́вийneškidlývyj

    not causing or capable of causing harm

  2. Not intended to harm; inoffensive.

    His humor can be annoying but is harmless.

  3. (obsolete)Unharmed.

Examples

68 sentences
  1. Most snakes on this island are harmless.

    ruБольшинство змей на этом острове не представляют опасности.

    deDie meisten Schlangen auf dieser Insel sind ungefährlich.

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  2. It was only meant as a harmless prank.

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  3. Tom is completely harmless.

    ruТом совершенно безвреден.

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  4. Tom is quite harmless.

    ruТом довольно безобиден.

    deTom ist völlig harmlos.

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  5. Tom is pretty harmless.

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Translations

8 languages
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Русский
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incapable of causing harm or danger:
Deutsch
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incapable of causing harm or danger:

Origin

From Middle English harmles, from Old English *hearmlēas, from Proto-Germanic *harmalausaz

From Middle English harmles, from Old English *hearmlēas, from Proto-Germanic *harmalausaz (“without harm; harmless”), equivalent to harm + -less.

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