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Injurious

//ɪnˈdʒʊə.ɹɪ.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
  2. 2
    Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.

    "This injurious explanation dethroned the remainder of Bunson's dignity entirely."

Adjective
  1. 1
    harmful to living things wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English injurious, from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniūriōsus; analysable as injury + -ous.

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