So it's definitely one-up and in your face, but essentially harmless.

He is an uncouth and unpleasant, though essentially harmless, character.

Up to now I've steadfastly believed Crusoe's presence to be essentially harmless.

Although they are essentially harmless outside the body, they can be deadly if inhaled.

In theory, the powers of the ocean to dilute such material can make radioactive wastes essentially harmless.

It was a vanity, he acknowledged, but essentially a harmless one.

Both professors expressed concern about the practice being taught, with one calling the material "moronic", though they agreed the process is essentially harmless.

It was that which produced that odd and essentially harmless feeling of inversion.

"Blood in the Face" would not agree that the extreme right is essentially harmless in its lunacies.

They say Thomas is charitable, laid-back, peaceful, intelligent and essentially harmless.