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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

harmless
    adj 1: not causing or capable of causing harm; "harmless
           bacteria"; "rendered the bomb harmless" [ant: harmful]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Harmless \Harm"less\ (h[aum]rm"l[e^]s), a.
   1. Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another
      harmless.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent;
      inoffensive. " The harmless deer." --Drayton

   Syn: Innocent; innoxious; innocuous; inoffensive;
        unoffending; unhurt; uninjured; unharmed.
        --Harm"less*ly, adv.- Harm"less*ness, n. Harmonic

Thesaurus Results for Harmless:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

benign, bright, dependable, fail-safe, firm, fresh, gentle, guaranteed, guiltless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, inviolate, invulnerable, mild, mint, nonmalignant, nonpoisonous, nontoxic, nonvirulent, painless, pristine, reliable, riskless, safe, scatheless, sound, stable, steady, trustworthy, unbroken, unbruised, undamaged, undamaging, undangerous, undefaced, undeformed, undemolished, undestroyed, unfaded, unharmed, unhazardous, unhurt, unhurtful, unimpaired, uninjured, uninjurious, unmaimed, unmangled, unmarked, unmarred, unobnoxious, unoffending, unperilous, unprecarious, unrisky, unscarred, unscathed, unscratched, unshattered, unspoiled, untorn, untouched, unwithered, unworn, virgin, warranteed

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