be harmless

Frequency: 9.045.5 per million words

The most common way to state that something is not dangerous.

harmlessVERBS + harmless

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Examples (10)

  • Most spiders you find in the house are completely harmless.
  • The dye used in the food coloring is harmless to humans.
  • His comment was intended to be harmless, but it ended up offending several people.
  • Don't worry, the new software update is perfectly harmless to your existing files.
  • Are you sure this plant is harmless if my cat eats it?
  • The new regulations, while annoying, will be harmless to the company's long-term growth.
  • At first, the small glitch in the system was thought to be harmless.
  • While the old man looks a bit strange, I assure you he is quite harmless.
  • The game was designed to be harmless fun for the whole family.
  • The prank was meant to be harmless, but it went too far.