undamaging

C2+ Topic:Safety & Risk

US /ʌnˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/ UK /ʌnˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
not causing damage or harm

The detergent is gentle and undamaging to delicate fabrics.

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Etymology

From un- ('not') + damaging, from damage, from Old French damage, from Latin damnum ('loss, harm, injury').

un- Old English damage Middle English damnum Latin

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# undamaging

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ʌnˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/
**IPA (UK):** /ʌnˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/

## Meanings
1. not causing damage or harm

## Examples
- The detergent is gentle and undamaging to delicate fabrics.

## Synonyms
- harmless
- innocuous
- benign
- safe
- innocent

## Antonyms
- damaging
- harmful
- injurious
- destructive

## Related Forms
- damage
- damaging

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: damage
- Root: damnum

## Etymology
From un- ('not') + damaging, from damage, from Old French damage, from Latin damnum ('loss, harm, injury').

## AI Etymology
Undamaging comes from un- ('not') + damaging, from damage, from Old French damage, from Latin damnum ('loss, harm, injury'). The historical chain includes Old English un-, Old French damage, and Latin damnum. The quoted older senses, "not" and "loss, harm, injury", supply the semantic anchors for undamaging. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word undamaging carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "not causing damage or harm". Related English forms include damage and damaging. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Safety & Risk
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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