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
Millipedes don’t bite or sting and are generally harmless to humans.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 July 2025
How malicious Chrome extensions evade detection and spread As the investigation progressed, researchers traced suspicious traffic back to a seemingly harmless color picker extension.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
After the first incident, when her nephew dropped a mix of harmless items and a book into the pool, the poster and her husband tried to find a solution.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 12 July 2025
In fact, the idea for the project began to take shape after Bad Shabbos producer Adam Mitchell heard about Weiner’s mother playing a harmless prank on an unsuspecting dinner guest.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 July 2025
How malicious Chrome extensions evade detection and spread As the investigation progressed, researchers traced suspicious traffic back to a seemingly harmless color picker extension.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
After the first incident, when her nephew dropped a mix of harmless items and a book into the pool, the poster and her husband tried to find a solution.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 12 July 2025
In fact, the idea for the project began to take shape after Bad Shabbos producer Adam Mitchell heard about Weiner’s mother playing a harmless prank on an unsuspecting dinner guest.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for harmless
Adjective
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Yet Ozzy’s voice sounded so benign and compassionate, downright vulnerable.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
23 July 2025
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Many signs of multiple myeloma are common to benign and harmless conditions, so laboratory and imaging testing are necessary to determine whether your symptoms are related to this disease.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
22 July 2025
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The performance itself begins at 7:20 p.m., followed by an after-party at 9 p.m. Event organizers encourage rideshare for a safe and carefree experience, though free parking is available across the street from the venue at 6101 Highland Campus Dr. Building 3000.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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As the heat in Michigan begins to climb, here are ways to keep yours pets cool: How can keep my dog safe in the heat?—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
24 July 2025
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Additionally, wearing a keffiyeh, a traditional Palestinian head scarf, at an event celebrating Arab Heritage Month was inflammatory of Johnson in the political environment following the massacre of innocent Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 July 2025
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Attorneys have also raised concerns about the increase in arrests of people with pending charges, who are presumed innocent, and disrupting their ability to mount a defense.—
Eva Wen,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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Cardamom is named for a rather innocuous spice dominant in South Asian and Middle Eastern desserts.—
Alexandra Bregman,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Against this background, how can a seemingly innocuous sentence in a young soldier’s diary have a historic impact? Pvt.—
Bill Swank,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 July 2025
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That approach amps up the comedy, especially the prevailing idea that the largely inoffensive Chad could be any kind of real threat to the staid little onstage community.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
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This is how actor David Tennant, back for his second consecutive year hosting, chose to open the 2025 BAFTAs before jumping into an inoffensive monologue heavy on tepid puns.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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The hugging may be a personality quirk, but not doing laundry for a month suggests that there is a problem in her life – economic, emotional, mental or logistical – that’s keeping her from maintaining healthy habits.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
20 July 2025
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For leaders, healthy paranoia channels that same response.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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“Harmless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harmless. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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