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injurious

[in-joor-ee-uhs]

in·ju·ri·ous

[in-joor-ee-uhs]
adjective
1.
harmful, hurtful, or detrimental, as in effect: injurious eating habits.
2.
doing or involving injury or wrong, as to another: injurious behavior.
3.
insulting; abusive; defamatory; offensive: an injurious statement.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin injūrius or injūriōsus. See injury, -ous

in·ju·ri·ous·ly, adverb
in·ju·ri·ous·ness, noun
non·in·ju·ri·ous, adjective
non·in·ju·ri·ous·ly, adverb
non·in·ju·ri·ous·ness, noun
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pre·in·ju·ri·ous, adjective
qua·si-in·ju·ri·ous, adjective
qua·si-in·ju·ri·ous·ly, adverb
self-in·ju·ri·ous, adjective
un·in·ju·ri·ous, adjective
un·in·ju·ri·ous·ly, adverb
un·in·ju·ri·ous·ness, noun
COLLAPSE


1. damaging, deleterious, pernicious; baneful, destructive, ruinous. 2. unjust, wrongful, prejudicial, inequitable. 3. derogatory, slanderous, libelous.


1. beneficial. 3. complimentary.

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injurious (ɪnˈdʒʊərɪəs)
 
adj
1.  causing damage or harm; deleterious; hurtful
2.  abusive, slanderous, or libellous
 
in'juriously
 
adv
 
in'juriousness
 
n

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