[ UK /hˈɑːmləs/ ]
[ US /ˈhɑɹmɫəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. not causing or capable of causing harm
    rendered the bomb harmless
    harmless bacteria
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How To Use harmless In A Sentence

  • The pills—containing inexpensive potassium iodide, which is the substance used to iodize common table salt—can prevent thyroid cancer by saturating the thyroid gland with a harmless type of iodine, keeping it from absorbing radioactive iodine that might be inhaled or ingested after a radiation release. Quake Renews Call to Enforce Pill Law
  • Cheerful competition between strongmen is harmless enough in times of peace. Times, Sunday Times
  • What seems like harmless flirty fun to you is filling her with anxiety. The Sun
  • The paddles turned out to be harmless slapsticks, with holes through the actual paddle part so they could cause a loud slapping noise without hurting.
  • Unlike chemical antiseptics, essential oils are harmless to tissue, yet they are powerful aggressors towards germs.
  • The fact that they are harmless plankton feeders in no way diminishes the adrenaline rush; the ease with which you can approach them makes that rare encounter even more exciting.
  • For a long time it was thought to be a harmless substance, but we now have proof/evidence to the contrary.
  • It does not call up the beast, and if it did it would not matter much, as a rule; the beast is a harmless and rather amiable creature, as anybody can see by watching cattle. Food and Drink
  • Now he aimed and fired, lying "doggo" behind his favourite stone, while bullets from the enemy's trenches flattened themselves upon it, or buried themselves harmlessly in the dry hot soil. The Dop Doctor
  • The defect in the software allows computers to be infected by programs concealed in seemingly harmless files or web pages. Times, Sunday Times
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