as in benign
not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt
a perfectly harmless little spider
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Recent Examples of harmless
These mostly harmless quips resemble the type of pettiness that once ran roughshod across the Lone Star State, back when eight Texas programs were members of the Southwest Conference.
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Sam Khan Jr,
New York Times,
1 July 2026
Interestingly, the researchers say the technology is absolutely harmless to jellyfish and to the surrounding marine ecosystem, serving only as an immediate deterrent.
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New Atlas,
30 June 2026
Cooking or Baking Cooking seems harmless enough, but no one is super keen to stand in front of a hot stove during periods of extreme heat, and there's a reason why.
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Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
29 June 2026
When the email is sent, the code points to a completely harmless web page to trick security filters into clearing it.
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Ken Colburn,
AZCentral.com,
29 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for harmless
Sam Khan Jr,
New York Times,
1 July 2026
Interestingly, the researchers say the technology is absolutely harmless to jellyfish and to the surrounding marine ecosystem, serving only as an immediate deterrent.
—
New Atlas,
30 June 2026
Cooking or Baking Cooking seems harmless enough, but no one is super keen to stand in front of a hot stove during periods of extreme heat, and there's a reason why.
—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
29 June 2026
When the email is sent, the code points to a completely harmless web page to trick security filters into clearing it.
—
Ken Colburn,
AZCentral.com,
29 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for harmless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harmless
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But at that point, the headlines were still focused on relatively benign annoyances like car engines conking out, or a bridge getting stuck on Roosevelt Road.
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Such a seemingly benign move puts Ethiopia in opposition to China’s monopoly and is a rebuke of the former object of Ethiopian emulation.
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Air conditioning will be keeping millions of Americans safe and comfortable over the holiday weekend as a heat dome brings dangerous conditions to millions.
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Los Robles officials said that staff, patients and visitors were safe and that medical care was not interrupted at the hospital.
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All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
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That law predates the much wider United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which took effect in 1994, giving ships the right of innocent passage through any country's territorial waters without paying a fee.
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Udara finally fell to a relatively innocuous delivery from Alzarri Joseph in the over before the arrival of the second new ball.
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Slow-motion replays and still images distort the offending player’s actions, with innocuous tackles looking more serious.
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On the surface, Little House on the Prairie is one of the most inoffensive and wholesome shows of all time.
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The Breadwinner is aiming to recapture the satisfaction of going to see a three-out-of-five-star movie, offering decent laughs in an inoffensive package.
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Pomegranates also contain vitamin K and folate, which can help support healthy blood clotting and cell growth, respectively.
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The indexes are sitting on healthy gains for the year despite a slight pullback in June.
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“Harmless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harmless. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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