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injurious

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in⋅ju⋅ri⋅ous

  [in-joor-ee-uhs]
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–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 ME < L injūrius or injūriōsus. See injury, -ous

Related forms:
in⋅ju⋅ri⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
in⋅ju⋅ri⋅ous⋅ness, noun

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

Antonyms:
1. beneficial. 3. complimentary.
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in·ju·ri·ous   (ĭn-jŏŏr'ē-əs)   
adj.  

  1. Causing or tending to cause injury; harmful: eating habits that are injurious to one's health.

  2. Slanderous; libelous: made injurious statements about his rival.

in·ju'ri·ous·ly adv., in·ju'ri·ous·ness n.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: in·ju·ri·ous
Pronunciation: in-'jur-E-&s
Function: adjective
: inflicting or tending to inflict injury —in·ju·ri·ous·ly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·ju·ri·ous
Pronunciation: in-'jur-E-&s
Function: adjective
: inflicting or tending to inflict injury<injurious to health> —in·ju·ri·ous·ly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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