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harmless

/ˈhɑɹmləs/ adjective B2
  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.
  2. Not intended to harm; inoffensive. · His humor can be annoying but is harmless.
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Of the two pills in that box one was of the most deadly poison, and the other was entirely harmless.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 73 · B2
As it came nearer the Tin Woodman saw that running before the beast was a little gray field mouse, and although he had no heart he knew it was wrong for the Wildcat to try to kill such a pretty, harmless creature.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 51 · B2
He is said to have about seven lawsuits upon his hands at present, which will probably swallow up the remainder of his fortune and so draw his sting and leave him harmless for the future.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 98 · C1
Dorothy was an innocent, harmless little girl, who had been carried by a cyclone many miles from home; and she had never killed anything in all her life.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 6 · B2

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