Harmless is an English word with synonyms like innocuous or safe. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Harmless meaning
- Incapable of causing harm or danger; safe.
- Not intended to harm; inoffensive.
- Unharmed.
Synonyms of Harmless
Using Harmless
- The main meaning on this page is: Incapable of causing harm or danger; safe. | Not intended to harm; inoffensive. | Unharmed.
- Useful related words include: innocuous, safe, atoxic, nontoxic.
- In the example corpus, harmless often appears in combinations such as: harmless and, harmless to, is harmless.
Context around Harmless
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 13 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Harmless
- In this selection, "harmless" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, seemingly, save, normal, rules, funds and pot stand out and add context to how "harmless" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a fairly harmless grenade assault and a seemingly harmless and rather. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "harmless" sits close to words such as astronaut, banker and champ, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with harmless
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But inflammation is not always helpful, or even harmless. (9 words)
But also brief, harmless merriment and evidence of how much the musicians enjoy one another. (15 words)
However, any error was harmless in light of the state’s strong case against Withers. (15 words)
According to a tweet by the security research team Threat Insight, the JavaScript code is being changed back and forth from the normal harmless ad delivery script to the one that includes the hacker code that shows a false update alert. (41 words)
He pounced on a goalkeeping error by Clever Mkungula, who failed to hold on to a harmless ball and the Dedza hitman provided the final flourish from close range, no sweat. (31 words)
But parents of gay or transgender children probably want to know what they’re getting into before making an appointment with a pediatrician who defends gay conversion therapy as harmless. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
But, as Rockefeller noted, nearly half of all districts had their aid propped up by save-harmless rules; last year they paid $136 million in “save harmless” funds.
According to a tweet by the security research team Threat Insight, the JavaScript code is being changed back and forth from the normal harmless ad delivery script to the one that includes the hacker code that shows a false update alert.
Advocates for the legalization of cannabis across the country offer all sorts of comforting assertions about how harmless pot is.
Although Johnny himself was essentially harmless, his toxic behavior gave kids the wrong idea about approaching potential dates.
April Fool’s Day or All Fools’ Day is celebrated each year on April 1. This is a time for harmless practical jokes or hoaxes.
Before the actors’ strike took over the news cycle, a seemingly harmless and rather unruly world map in the film had been at the centre of a media storm.
Bergstrom says the language in the bill will hold districts harmless for just the next school year.
But also brief, harmless merriment and evidence of how much the musicians enjoy one another.
But inflammation is not always helpful, or even harmless.
But parents of gay or transgender children probably want to know what they’re getting into before making an appointment with a pediatrician who defends gay conversion therapy as harmless.
By-the-wind-sailors, or Velella, a form of jellyfish harmless to humans, were seen in Newport Beach in 2014.
Conkers have been around for years and even though they seem pretty harmless, they're actually dangerous for dogs.
During the Persian Gulf War, the United States military fired friendly fire when the American tank forces mistook a fairly harmless grenade assault as the tank fire of the enemy.
Featuring a remarkably ahead-of-its-time plot, is a biting takedown of privilege and a surprisingly nuanced exploration of race dynamics disguised as a harmless and fun teen movie.
For instance, an excess of even the seemingly harmless transparent mucus bronchitis or allergic rhinitis; red snot can betray pneumonia.
Foster used his job as a bus driver to meet and win the confidence of young boys before abusing them, using seemingly harmless days out as cover.
From the Peak District, Derbyshire, the gentle giant is harmless despite his epic proportions, and just as easily spooked as Scooby Doo, the famously fearful dog of the same breed.
He added, “Just classifying an ingredient as toxic might be misleading because when you consume a harmless chemical in excess it can result in health challenges.
He pounced on a goalkeeping error by Clever Mkungula, who failed to hold on to a harmless ball and the Dedza hitman provided the final flourish from close range, no sweat.
However, any error was harmless in light of the state’s strong case against Withers.
Common combinations with harmless
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- harmless and 19×
- harmless to 14×
- is harmless 14×
- are harmless 13×
- seem harmless 13×
- seemingly harmless 11×
- as harmless 8×
- and harmless 7×
- relatively harmless 7×
- of harmless 7×