Harmless
Harmless adjective - Not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt.
Successful and harmless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Successful" instead an adjective "Harmless".
Successful
Successful adjective - Having attained a desired end or state of good fortune.
Harmless and successful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Harmless" instead an adjective "Successful".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Harmless Villain: While Rob, Langsty and Bergus are serious about what they do, they aren't very successful at their attempts to kill Jeff in revenge for something he did to their family.
Source: Literature / Palae-oh-no -
Lady Margolotta is a more successful example, seeming pretty harmless for someone who knows Vetinari and apparently picked up a few things from him.
Source: Discworld / The Fifth Elephant - It turns the whole episode into something of a Family-Unfriendly Aesop, but it is highly successful at being scary, despite the fact that he seems relatively harmless.
Source: G-Rated Mental Illness
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