adjective
definition
Incapable of causing harm or danger; safe.
definition
Not intended to harm; inoffensive.
definition
Unharmed.
Examples of harmless in a Sentence
She'd looked harmless to him, beautiful and scared.
I didn't know there was such a thing as a harmless snake.
But are there any gentle, harmless animals in your fields?
I'm harmless, especially to someone as big as you.
She looked far less harmless than the Other.
Copperhead snakes and rattlesnakes are occasionally seen, and there are several species of harmless serpents.
She wondered what she'd ever feared or loathed about the harmless, ill-made book.
Even though they made his instincts uneasy, they were harmless lies.
It is sluggish in its movements, and so harmless that its armature and (to a casual observer) repulsive appearance are its sole means of defence.
Apparently the only instances of mimicry known amongst reptiles occur amongst snakes; and in all the cases quoted by Wallace harmless snakes mimic venomous species.
He seemed like a normal teenager, harmless with a name like Jonny.
They are harmless and inoffensive creatures, offering no resistance when caught; their principal means of escape being the extraordinary rapidity with which they burrow in the ground, and the tenacity with which they retain their hold in their subterranean retreats.
It was generally declared by the critics of the volume to be in itself harmless, but was blamed as being found in bad company.
A more amiable and a more harmless man never lived; and this was much in that age of discordant passions and lawless licence.
Ully was too harmless to be angry at, like a kid brother.
Thus, first, for the brittle glass-hard cementite there is gradually substituted the relatively harmless temper graphite; and, second, even this is in part removed by surface oxidation.
Ok, those are all mostly harmless, people probably wouldn't panic.
Neither participation nor control in the defense shall waive or reduce any obligations to indemnify or hold harmless.
The detectors contain special plastic to measure radon and are harmless.
The Baja Web site assures that getting rid of the microchip is a simple and harmless procedure, something like removing a splinter.
I never knew such a strange creature, yet harmless, mind you, as the babe unborn.
Some bacteria make us ill (eg salmonella causes food poisoning) but others are harmless.
However, as I said earlier, I shall take it that such singularities are harmless.
The options... nto this man 's eyes with the unthinking, unbelieving tranquility born of the most harmless skepticism in the world.
Spoofed email can range from harmless pranks to social engineering ploys.
It contains harmless crystals which expand when submerged beneath the water.
So up into the harmless air Their bullets they did send; And may all other duels have That upshot in the end !
These are harmless whimsies that are left behind by adolescence - or should be.
Somebacteriacan cause infections, but others are harmless or even helpful to the human body.
The active ingredients, however, are harmless.
Each User will indemnify and hold harmless the LoveToKnow Corp.
The reason the zombie is so dangerous is because it looks harmless.
Most of the insects in your garden are harmless and even helpful.
When this same series of reactions is triggered by harmless, everyday substances, it is called an allergy.
The use of bhang in moderation is comparatively harmless; ganja and charas when taken in excess are undoubtedly injurious, leading to crime and sometimes to insanity.
Inoculation is harmless, and the results obtained in India justify a favourable opinion of its protective efficacy.'
Of reptiles, the rattlesnake and copperhead are the only poisonous species, but numerous harmless varieties are common.
Large sums have been expended on the destruction of locusts; they are now practically harmless, but live locusts are diligently collected every year, a reward being paid by the government for their destruction.
The fact was that Saint-Mars was hard put to it in the prison for anybody who could be trusted, and that he had convinced himself by this time that Dauger (who had proved a quiet harmless fellow) would give no trouble.
When this is clotted the serum is found to act as an anti-venin, so that when mixed with the venom of a snake it renders it harmless.
Diogo Ignacio de Pina Manique, organized an elaborate system of espionage which led to the imprisonment or exile of many harmless enthusiasts.
The vast majority of these organisms are not pathogenic, most are harmless and 4.,52 5.20 5.20 FIG.
The worst that can be laid to his charge is that he had a great liking for some diversions, quite harmless in themselves, but condemned by the rigid precisians among whom he lived, and for whose opinion he had a great respect.
Among the ophidians, which include many harmless species, are the boa-constrictor, rattlesnake, the dreaded Lachesis and the coral snake.
It is not always possible to prevent any leakage whatever through the strata below the bottom or beyond the ends of the trench, but it is always possible to render such leakage entirely harmless to the work above it, and to carry the water by relief-pipes to visible points at the lower toe of the dam.
They are a shy, harmless, simple folk, living chiefly by hunting; they lime birds, catch fish by poisoning the water, and are skilled in getting wild honey; they have bows with iron-pointed arrows and breed hunting dogs.
The Austrian government wished to preserve a harmless neighbour.
The rest were either harmless fugitives from destruction or had never quitted France and had been placed on the list simply in order that they might incur the penalties of emigration.
Letourneur, a harmless insignificant person, was his admirer and follower.
The slime, which appears to be harmless, is extremely sticky, but it easily comes away from the skin of the animal itself.