ˈhärmlə̇s, ˈhȧm- adjective
Etymology: Middle English harmles, from harm (I) + -les, -lees -less
1. : free from harm : unhurt
2. : free of guilt : innocent
any child or harmless thing — W.H.Davies
3. : free from liability or loss — often used in the phrase to save harmless or to hold harmless
the company shall indemnify and save harmless each member of the committee against any and all expenses — C.M.Winslow
4. : free of or lacking capacity or intent to injure : innocuous
the first ball was harmless — Dorothy Sayers
harmless craze for the small lions of literary society — W.S.Maugham
harmless joke