unharming
English
Etymology
un- + harming
Adjective
unharming (comparative more unharming, superlative most unharming)
- Doing no harm.
- 1883, A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson, Emily Brontë:
- From Edgar Linton, as we have seen, Heathcliff's blows fell aside unharming, as the executioner's strokes from a legendary martyr.
- (Can we date this quote?), Owen Wister, The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories:
- The snow struck the bottle, but the unharming bullet was buried half an inch to the left.
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