Injuriousness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being injurious. countable, uncountable

    "Congress entertained an opinion of its injuriousness to the character of the Indians, and passed laws excluding it."

  2. 2
    destructiveness that causes harm or injury wordnet

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air pollutiondamagingnessharmfulnessharmfulnessinsalubritylethality

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"Congress entertained an opinion of its injuriousness to the character of the Indians, and passed laws excluding it."

Etymology

From injurious + -ness.

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