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harmful
adjective as in injurious, hurtful
Strongest matches
adverse, bad, catastrophic, damaging, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, disastrous, inimical, noxious, painful, pernicious, risky, ruinous, sinful, toxic, unhealthy, unsafe
Weak matches
baleful, baneful, calamitous, cataclysmic, consumptive, corroding, corrupting, crippling, deleterious, dire, evil, harassing, incendiary, internecine, malefic, malicious, malignant, menacing, mischievous, murderous, nocuous, pestiferous, pestilential, sinister, subversive, undermining, unwholesome, virulent
Example Sentences
County wildfires, she said, have called attention to the fact that “fossil fuel pollution is responsible for not only the climate crisis, but also the persistently harmful air quality in the region.”
Through the lens of harm reduction, a glass of wine seems benign, certainly less harmful than opiates.
"Councillors are embedded in their communities and no matter how you are protected, people can access you. It's overwhelming - it's very harmful."
Beginning with California in 2012, state lawmakers prohibited “conversion therapy” on the grounds it was ineffective and harmful.
"The real danger is that while they might not experience harmful effects now, in the long run they'll be increasing their risk of skin cancer."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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