harmless enough

Frequency: 8.019.5 per million words

Used after the adjective to mean sufficiently harmless, often to downplay potential risk.

harmlessADVERB + harmless

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enough

Examples (10)

  • He looks harmless enough, but you should still be cautious.
  • The little white lie seemed harmless enough at the time.
  • Their prank was harmless enough, just a bit of silly fun.
  • The spider appeared harmless enough, so I just let it be.
  • She assured me the online quiz was harmless enough and wouldn't collect personal data.
  • The children's game sounded harmless enough from the other room.
  • Although the proposal seems harmless enough, we should examine the fine print.
  • It's just a little gossip, harmless enough if you ask me.
  • The old potion in the bottle was probably harmless enough, but I didn't dare drink it.
  • We considered the venture harmless enough to our reputation.