About The Word Deleterious
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Deleterious
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What's The Definition Of Deleterious?
[adj] harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Deleterious: harmful | hurtful | injurious Related Terms | Find terms related to Deleterious: baleful | baneful | corroding | corrosive | corrupting | corruptive | counterproductive | damaging | deadly | destroying | destructive | detrimental | disadvantageous | disserviceable | distressing | harmful | hurtful | injurious | lethal | malefic | malevolent | malign | malignant | mischievous | noisome | noxious | ominous | pernicious | poisonous | prejudicial | ruining | ruinous | scatheful | toxic | unadvantageous | unfavorable | unprofitable | unrewarding | useless | venenate | veneniferous | venenous | venomous | vicious | virulent | worthless See Also | Deleterious In Webster's Dictionary \Del`e*te"ri*ous\, a. [LL. deleterius noxious, Gr.
dhlhth`rios, fr. dhlei^sqai to hurt, damage; prob. akin to L.
delere to destroy.]
Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleterious
plant or quality; a deleterious example. --
{Del`e*te"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Del`e*te"ri*ous*ness}, n.
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