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injurious

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in·ju·ri·ous  (n-jr-s)
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·juri·ous·ly adv.
in·juri·ous·ness n.
injurious
Adjective
1. causing harm
2. abusive, slanderous, or libellous
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.injurious - harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"
deleterious, hurtful
harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
injurious
adjective harmful, bad, damaging, corrupting, destructive, adverse, unhealthy, detrimental, hurtful, pernicious, noxious, ruinous, deleterious, iniquitous, disadvantageous, baneful (archaic) maleficent, unconducive
Translations
injurious [ɪnˈdʒuərɪəs] adj injurious (to) → perjudicial (para)
injurious [ɪnˈdʒuərɪəs] adj injurious (to) → préjudiciable (à)
injurious [ɪnˈdʒuərɪəs] injure adj to be injurious to → schaden +dat, schädlich sein +dat
injurious [ɪnˈdʒuərɪəs] adj injurious (to) → nocivo/a (a), pregiudizievole (per)


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"My friend," said the Undertaker Who Was a Member of a Trust, "this is a most hateful and injurious scheme.
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This, it is true, would of itself alone never have been able to eradicate Jones from his bosom; but it was greatly injurious to him, and prepared Mr Allworthy's mind for those impressions which afterwards produced the mighty events that will be contained hereafter in this history; and to which, it must be confest, the unfortunate lad, by his own wantonness, wildness, and want of caution, too much contributed.
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This disposition, if he had been continued in the command, would have destroyed in time the fame and glory of Scipio; but, he being under the control of the Senate, this injurious characteristic not only concealed itself, but contributed to his glory.
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