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  • 81Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder — Supreme Court of the United States Argued April …

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  • 82harmless — harm·less adj 1: free from harm, liability, or loss often used in the phrase to hold harmless see also hold harmless 2: lacking capacity or intent to injure harm·less·ly adv harm·less·ness n …

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  • 83nontoxic — I adjective benign, harmless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, nonfatal, nonirritating, nonlethal, nonmalignant, nonpoisonous, nonvenomous, nonvirulent, not baneful, not dangerous, not deadly, not deleterious, not pernicious …

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  • 84substance — noun 1 material ADJECTIVE ▪ addictive, cancer causing (esp. AmE), carcinogenic, dangerous, harmful, hazardous, noxious, poisonous, radioactive, toxic …

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  • 85benign — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. benignant, gracious; favorable. See health, benevolence.Ant., sinister, harmful. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Kind or beneficial] Syn. good, gracious, kindly, favorable; see kind . 2. [Harmless] Syn.… …

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  • 86safe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. secure, protected; unharmed, intact; trustworthy. See safety, security, trust. Ant., dangerous. n. repository, strongbox, locker, vault; slang, condom. See store, safety, hindrance. II (Roget s IV)… …

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  • 87innocent — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not guilty] Syn. guiltless, blameless, inculpable, impeccable, faultless, unoffending, free of, uninvolved, honest, above suspicion, clean*, in the clear*; see also reliable 1 , upright 2 . Ant. guilty*, culpable,… …

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  • 88noxious — [17] Noxious was adapted from Latin noxius ‘harmful’, a derivative of noxa ‘damage, injury’. (An earlier borrowing was obnoxious [16], from Latin obnoxius, which contains the prefix ob ‘to’.) Related to noxa were Latin nex ‘destruction, death,… …

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  • 89nociceptive — (adj.) 1904, from L. noci , comb. form of nocere to do harm (see INNOCUOUS (Cf. innocuous)) + second element from RECEPTIVE (Cf. receptive) …

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  • 90nocuous — (adj.) 1630s, noxious, harmful, from L. nocuus harmful, from stem of nocere to hurt, injure, harm (see INNOCUOUS (Cf. innocuous)) …

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