unharming

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adjective

Doing no harm.

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Meanings

adjectiveunharming (comparative more unharming, superlative most unharming)

comparative more unharming · superlative most unharming

  1. Doing no harm.

    The snow struck the bottle, but the unharming bullet was buried half an inch to the left.

    1900, Owen Wister, The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories
    1 more example

    From Edgar Linton, as we have seen, Heathcliff's blows fell aside unharming, as the executioner's strokes from a legendary martyr.

    1883, A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson, Emily Brontë

Origin

From un- + harming.

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APA

unharming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unharming

MLA

“unharming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unharming. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unharming,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unharming.

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