harmless
Example Sentences
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Instead, they learned only two separate things beforehand: that the blue flower provided a reward and that the ball was a movable, harmless object.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
Wildlife experts say human-bear conflicts are the result of people moving deeper into the wildlands, and that bears that wander into neighborhoods are often harmless and easy to frighten.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
This kind of misinformation is not a harmless error.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
The immune system fights off the harmless virus and learns to fight Ebola in the process.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
The harmless bacteria had somehow “transformed” into the virulent form.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
