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1 harmless
['hɑːmlɪs]1) (not dangerous) [chemical, virus] non nocivo, innocuo (to a); [growth, cyst] benigno; [rash, bite] non pericoloso2) (inoffensive) [ person] innocuo, inoffensivo; [joke, eccentricity] innocente* * *adjective (not dangerous or liable to cause harm: Don't be frightened of that snake - it's harmless.) innocuo, inoffensivo* * *harmless /ˈhɑ:mləs/a.innocuo; inoffensivo: Most spiders are harmless ( to humans), la maggior parte dei ragni è innocua (per gli esseri umani)● a harmless question [remark], una domanda [un'osservazione] innocenteharmlessly avv. harmlessness n. [u].* * *['hɑːmlɪs]1) (not dangerous) [chemical, virus] non nocivo, innocuo (to a); [growth, cyst] benigno; [rash, bite] non pericoloso2) (inoffensive) [ person] innocuo, inoffensivo; [joke, eccentricity] innocente -
2 harmless harm·less adj
['hɒːmlɪs](gen) innocuo (-a), inoffensivo (-a), (innocent: conversation, joke) innocente -
3 allergy
['ælədʒɪ]nome allergia f. (to a) (anche fig.)* * *['ælə‹i]plural - allergies; noun(an unusual sensitiveness of the body which causes certain people to be affected in a bad way by something usually harmless: The rash on her face is caused by an allergy to grass.) allergia- allergic* * *allergy /ˈælədʒɪ/ (med. e fig.)n. [u]● (med.) allergy test, test allergenicoallergica.* * *['ælədʒɪ]nome allergia f. (to a) (anche fig.) -
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6 innocuous
[ɪ'nɒkjʊəs]aggettivo innocuo, inoffensivo* * *[i'nokjuəs](harmless: This drug was at first mistakenly thought to be innocuous.) innocuo* * *innocuous /ɪˈnɒkjʊəs/a.innocuo; inoffensivo: an innocuous snake, una serpe innocuainnocuously avv. innocuousness n. [u].* * *[ɪ'nɒkjʊəs]aggettivo innocuo, inoffensivo -
7 inoffensive
[ˌɪnə'fensɪv]aggettivo inoffensivo* * *[inə'fensiv](harmless; not likely to offend: an inoffensive remark.) inoffensivo* * *inoffensive /ɪnəˈfɛnsɪv/a.inoffensivo; innocuoinoffensively avv. inoffensiveness n. [u].* * *[ˌɪnə'fensɪv]aggettivo inoffensivo -
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9 harm
I [hɑːm]nome danno m., male m.II [hɑːm]to do harm to sb. o to do sb. harm fare del male a qcn.; to do harm to sth. danneggiare qcs.; I meant no harm by o in doing non volevo fare nulla di male facendo; it would do no harm to do (you have nothing to lose) non ti costerebbe niente fare; (you ought to) non ti farebbe male fare; you'll come to no harm non ti succederà niente di male; no harm done! poco male! where's the harm in it? che male c'è? out of harm's way — (in a safe place) al sicuro; (unable to harm) in condizione di non nuocere
verbo transitivo fare (del) male a [ person]; danneggiare [crops, lungs]; nuocere a [population, economy]; rovinare [ landscape]* * *1. noun(damage; injury; distress: I'll make sure you come to no harm; He meant no harm; It'll do you no harm to go.) male2. verb(to cause (a person) harm: There's no need to be frightened - he won't harm you.) far male a- harmful- harmless
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- out of harm's way* * *I [hɑːm]nome danno m., male m.II [hɑːm]to do harm to sb. o to do sb. harm fare del male a qcn.; to do harm to sth. danneggiare qcs.; I meant no harm by o in doing non volevo fare nulla di male facendo; it would do no harm to do (you have nothing to lose) non ti costerebbe niente fare; (you ought to) non ti farebbe male fare; you'll come to no harm non ti succederà niente di male; no harm done! poco male! where's the harm in it? che male c'è? out of harm's way — (in a safe place) al sicuro; (unable to harm) in condizione di non nuocere
verbo transitivo fare (del) male a [ person]; danneggiare [crops, lungs]; nuocere a [population, economy]; rovinare [ landscape] -
10 innocent
['ɪnəsnt]nome proprio Innocenzo* * *['inəsnt]1) (not guilty (of a crime, misdeed etc): A man should be presumed innocent of a crime until he is proved guilty; They hanged an innocent man.) innocente2) ((of an action etc) harmless or without harmful or hidden intentions: innocent games and amusements; an innocent remark.) innocente3) (free from, or knowing nothing about, evil etc: an innocent child; You can't be so innocent as to believe what advertisements say!) innocente•- innocence* * *['ɪnəsnt]nome proprio Innocenzo -
11 neutralise
verb (to make useless or harmless usually by causing an opposite effect.) neutralizzare -
12 neutralize
['njuːtrəlaɪz] [AE 'nuː-]verbo transitivo neutralizzare (anche eufem.)* * *verb (to make useless or harmless usually by causing an opposite effect.) neutralizzare* * *['njuːtrəlaɪz] [AE 'nuː-]verbo transitivo neutralizzare (anche eufem.)
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harmless — harmless, innocuous, innocent, inoffensive, unoffending are comparable when meaning not having hurtful or injurious qualities. Harmless may be applied to whatever seems incapable of doing harm {poor harmless fly Shak.} {be ye therefore wise as… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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harmless — c.1300, uninjured, from HARM (Cf. harm) (n.) + LESS (Cf. less). Meaning undamaged is from late 14c. Related: Harmlessly; harmlessness … Etymology dictionary
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harmless — [härm′lis] adj. 1. Rare not harmed 2. causing or seeking to cause no harm; not harmful; inoffensive harmlessly adv. harmlessness n … English World dictionary
harmless — adj. 1) harmless to 2) harmless to + inf. (it s harmless to day dream) * * * [ hɑːmlɪs] harmless to harmless to + inf. (it s harmless to daydream) … Combinatory dictionary
harmless — harm|less [ harmləs ] adjective * 1. ) not causing any harm: Their wrestling was just harmless fun. You can hold the snake, it s harmless. harmless to: Most of these bugs are harmless to us. 2. ) not likely to upset people or cause problems: She… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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