harmless
Use Harmless in a sentence
lɪs
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Harmless
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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harmless (ˈhɑːmlɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | not causing any physical or mental damage or injury |
| 2. | unlikely to annoy or worry people: a harmless sort of man |
| 'harmlessly | |
| —adv | |
| 'harmlessness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Gynecomastia can cause physical issues, including painful hypersensitivity, but it is generally harmless.
Meanwhile, the consensus that cannabis is relatively harmless grows.
Although this radiation may be harmless to our bodies, it can severely inhibit our ability to receive and transmit information.
Some give otherwise harmless bacteria the ability to cause disease.
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