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deleterious
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Deleterious
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del·e·te·ri·ous
/
ˌdɛl
ɪˈtɪər
i
əs
/
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[
del-i-
teer
-ee-
uh
s
]
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adjective
1.
injurious to health:
deleterious gases.
2.
harmful; injurious:
deleterious influences.
Origin:
1635–45;
<
Greek
dēlētḗrios
destructive, adj. derivative of
dēlētḗr
destroyer, equivalent to
dēlē-
variant stem of
dēleîsthai
to hurt, injure +
-tēr
agent suffix +
-ios
adj. suffix; see
-ious
Related forms
del·e·te·ri·ous·ly,
adverb
del·e·te·ri·ous·ness,
noun
non·del·e·te·ri·ous,
adjective
non·del·e·te·ri·ous·ly,
adverb
non·del·e·te·ri·ous·ness,
noun
un·del·e·te·ri·ous,
adjective
un·del·e·te·ri·ous·ly,
adverb
un·del·e·te·ri·ous·ness,
noun
Synonyms
2.
pernicious, hurtful, destructive; noxious.
Antonyms
2.
beneficial.
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deleterious
(ˌdɛlɪˈtɪərɪəs)
—
adj
harmful; injurious; hurtful
[C17: from New Latin
dēlētērius,
from Greek
dēlētērios
injurious, destructive, from
dēleisthai
to hurt]
dele'teriously
—
adv
dele'teriousness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
deleterious
1640s, from Gk. deleterios, from deleter "destroyer," from deleisthai "to hurt, injure."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
deleterious
del·e·te·ri·ous (děl'ĭ-tēr'ē-əs)
adj.
Having a harmful effect; injurious.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Example sentences
Over time, this had a
deleterious
effect on quality.
In fact, there is increasing evidence that excessive intake of certain
micronutrients is
deleterious
.
Unlike the other copy, when it experiences random mutation events, they're not
deleterious
to the organism.
There is little doubt that lack of coverage was
deleterious
to their health.
The
deleterious
effects of an imperfect transmission line become more noticeable at higher signal frequencies.
The chair seemed completely unconcerned about the
deleterious
consequences this one student might have on the rest of the class.
In animals, individuals who have suffered
deleterious
changes are removed by the process of natural selection.
It is nearly impossible to completely eliminate
deleterious
recessive genes from any population.
That's where we're headed: homogenization along with the elimination of
deleterious
genes.
Higher taxes have an especially
deleterious
effect on growth.
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