harmless Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective not causing or capable of causing harm
    • harmless bacteria
    • rendered the bomb harmless

WordNet

Harm"less adjective
Definitions
  1. Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless.
  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.

Webster 1913