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harmless definition

harmless

 

 
  Overview  of  adj  harmless 
 
  The  adj  harmless  has  5  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  harmless  --  (not  causing  or  capable  of  causing  harm;  "harmless  bacteria";  "rendered  the  bomb  harmless") 
  2.  innocuous,  harmless  --  (not  injurious  to  physical  or  mental  health) 
  3.  harmless  --  (not  producing  any  toxic  effects) 
  4.  harmless,  innocuous  --  (unlikely  to  harm  or  disturb  anyone  "harmless  old  man") 
  5.  harmless,  nonmalignant  --  ((pathology)  not  threatening  to  life  or  health;  not  malignant;  "a  benign  tumor  is  usually  harmless") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  harmless 
 
  5  senses  of  harmless 
 
  Sense  1 
  harmless  (vs.  harmful) 
 
  harmful  (vs.  harmless) 
  =>  abusive 
  =>  bad 
  =>  bruising 
  =>  calumniatory,  calumnious,  defamatory,  denigrative,  denigrating,  denigratory,  libellous,  libelous,  slanderous 
  =>  catastrophic,  ruinous 
  =>  counterproductive 
  =>  damaging,  detrimental,  prejudicial,  prejudicious 
  =>  ill 
  =>  insidious,  pernicious,  subtle 
  =>  mischievous 
  =>  nocent 
  =>  stabbing,  traumatic,  wounding 
  =>  deleterious,  hurtful,  injurious 
 
  Sense  2 
  innocuous  (vs.  noxious),  harmless 
 
 
  Sense  3 
  harmless 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  nontoxic)  ->  toxic 
 
  Sense  4 
  harmless,  innocuous 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  safe)  ->  dangerous,  unsafe 
 
  Sense  5 
  harmless,  nonmalignant 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  benign)  ->  malign 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  harmless 
 
  5  senses  of  harmless 
 
  Sense  1 
  harmless  (vs.  harmful) 
  =>  innocent,  innocuous 
  =>  innocent,  innocuous 
  =>  inoffensive,  unoffending 
  Also  See->  benign#1,  benignant#1;  innocuous#1,  harmless#2;  nontoxic#1,  atoxic#1;  painless#2;  safe#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  innocuous  (vs.  noxious),  harmless 
  =>  innoxious 
  =>  inoffensive,  uncontroversial 
  =>  insipid 
  Also  See->  harmless#1 
 
  Sense  3 
  harmless 
  =>  nontoxic  (vs.  toxic),  atoxic 
 
  Sense  4 
  harmless,  innocuous 
  =>  safe  (vs.  dangerous) 
 
  Sense  5 
  harmless,  nonmalignant 
  =>  benign  (vs.  malign),  benignant 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  harmless 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  harmless 
 
  harmless  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  5) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  harmless 
  harmless 
 
  Overview  of  adj  harmless 
 
  The  adj  harmless  has  5  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  harmless  --  (not  causing  or  capable  of  causing  harm;  "harmless  bacteria";  "rendered  the  bomb  harmless") 
  2.  innocuous,  harmless  --  (not  injurious  to  physical  or  mental  health) 
  3.  harmless  --  (not  producing  any  toxic  effects) 
  4.  harmless,  innocuous  --  (unlikely  to  harm  or  disturb  anyone  "harmless  old  man") 
  5.  harmless,  nonmalignant  --  ((pathology)  not  threatening  to  life  or  health;  not  malignant;  "a  benign  tumor  is  usually  harmless")



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