It is important to begin by discovering the etymological origin of the harmless term that concerns us now. Specifically, we can indicate that it is a word that derives from Latin, exactly the result of the union of several lexical components of said language:
-The prefix “in-”, which means “no” or “without”.
-The particle “ob”, which is used to indicate “against”.
-The adjective “fensus”, which is synonymous with “attacked” or “beaten”.
-The suffix “-ivo”, which is used to indicate a “passive or active relationship”.
Harmless is an adjective that is used to describe that which does not have the capacity to offend . The term also refers to what cannot cause harm or damage .
For example: “Don't worry, it's a harmless animal that won't attack you,” “The local team was harmless throughout the match and that's why they ended up losing,” “At dinner last night I made a harmless comment about the government and However, several diners became angry.”
Among the synonyms of the term harmless we can highlight from innocent to peaceful, including innocuous, calm or unarmed. On the contrary, among its antonyms there are words such as harmful, dangerous, harmful or harmful.
What is considered harmless, in short, does not bother or cause harm . An animal that does not attack people or transmit diseases can be classified as harmless, to cite one case. On the other hand, a species capable of injecting a deadly poison when it feels in danger or intends to hunt will never receive this qualification.
In the field of football , it is said that a team is harmless when it fails to create danger for its rival . In this way, a harmless team does not score goals and does not even worry its opponent. A boxer who is harmless in a fight, meanwhile, cannot find a way to harm his opponent .
There are issues or elements that seem harmless and yet are dangerous. A harmless-looking website that invites you to play online for free can infect its users with a virus . Certain over-the-counter foods, on the other hand, are not as harmless as most people believe: excessive or sustained consumption over time causes health problems.
In the same way, we cannot ignore the fact that in the cultural field we find works that use the word in question in their titles. This would be the case, for example, of the book “The Harmless Scarecrow.” It is a work written by John Patience, which was published in 1992 and is part of children's literature. It tells the story of a family, the Labratierra, who are tired of crows eating their wheat crops. For this reason, they will decide to give him a scarecrow that can scare them.
Another work to take into account is “Ojo! Vranek seems totally harmless!”, which belongs to the field of youth literature and is written by Christine Nöstlinger.