injurious

  • 11injurious — in|ju|ri|ous [ınˈdʒuəriəs US ˈdʒur ] adj formal causing injury, harm, or damage injurious to ▪ Smoking is injurious to health …

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  • 12injurious — adjective the searing summer sun could prove injurious an injurious story Syn: harmful, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, hurtful, baleful; disadvantageous, unfavorable, undesirable, adverse, inimical, unhealthy, pernicious; insulting, libelous …

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  • 13injurious — in•ju•ri•ous [[t]ɪnˈdʒʊər i əs[/t]] adj. 1) harmful, hurtful, or detrimental, as in effect: injurious eating habits[/ex] 2) insulting; abusive; defamatory: an injurious statement[/ex] in•ju′ri•ous•ly, adv. in•ju′ri•ous•ness, n …

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  • 14injurious — in·ju·ri·ous in ju̇r ē əs adj inflicting or tending to inflict injury <injurious to health> in·ju·ri·ous·ly adv …

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  • 15injurious — in|ju|ri|ous [ ın dʒuriəs ] adjective FORMAL causing harm or damage: HARMFUL: products that are injurious to health ╾ in|ju|ri|ous|ly adverb …

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  • 16injurious — adjective formal causing injury, harm, or damage: Smoking is injurious to health …

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  • 17injurious — UK [ɪnˈdʒʊərɪəs] / US [ɪnˈdʒʊrɪəs] adjective formal causing harm or damage products that are injurious to health Derived word: injuriously adverb …

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  • 18injurious — /ɪnˈdʒuriəs/ (say in joohreeuhs) adjective 1. harmful, hurtful, or detrimental, as in effect: injurious habits. 2. doing or involving injury or wrong, as to another. 3. insulting or abusive. {late Middle English, from Latin injūriōsus, wrongful}… …

  • 19injurious falsehood — injurious false·hood n: disparagement Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. injurious falsehood …

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  • 20injurious act — index delict Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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