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harmlessness

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The characteristic of being harmless.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English harmless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English harmlessness From harmless + -ness.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: vaarattomuus — the characteristic of being harmless
  • Finnish: harmittomuus — the characteristic of being harmless
  • French: innocuité — the characteristic of being harmless
  • German: Harmlosigkeit — the characteristic of being harmless
  • Hindi: अहिंसा (ahinsā) — the characteristic of being harmless
  • Irish: neamhurchóid — the characteristic of being harmless
  • Italian: innocuità — the characteristic of being harmless
  • Japanese: 無害 (mugai) — the characteristic of being harmless
  • Malayalam: നിരുപദ്രവത്വം (nirupadravatvaṁ) — the characteristic of being harmless
  • Manx: neuskielleydys — the characteristic of being harmless
  • Portuguese: inocuidade — the characteristic of being harmless
  • Portuguese: inofensividade — the characteristic of being harmless
  • Romanian: inofensivitate — the characteristic of being harmless
  • Russian: безвре́дность (bezvrédnostʹ) — the characteristic of being harmless
  • Sanskrit: अहिंसा (ahiṃsā) — the characteristic of being harmless
  • Spanish: inocuidad — the characteristic of being harmless
  • Telugu: అహింస (ahiṁsa) — the characteristic of being harmless
  • Ottoman Turkish: ضررسزلق (zararsızlık) — the characteristic of being harmless
  • Urdu: اهنسا (ahiṅsā) — the characteristic of being harmless