harmless

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The prosecution failed to meet its burden to demonstrate, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the constitutional error was harmless, the justices concluded.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

At the same time, I have come to regard my tech tweaks as a relatively harmless nonhuman gesture.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The treatment she developed involved gradually exposing patients to the things that, while harmless, they feared intensely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

What the court said there is, You can’t exclude a group based on its religious identity, and that at first glance seems harmless, right?

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

“There’s no such thing as a harmless spider. I’ll need years of therapy to get the image of that tub spider out of my head.”

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish