Harmless and Infective

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Harmless adjective - Not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt.

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Infective is an antonym for harmless.

Nearby Words: harm, harmful, harmlessly

Infective adjective - Caused by infection or capable of causing infection.

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Harmless is an antonym for infective in topics: poisonous, harmful, catching.

The prologue for Stand Still, Stay Silent starts just as a highly infective but otherwise harmless illness is breaking out.

Source: Just Before the End

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