Deletorious

Synonyms for "deletorious" (93 found)

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Closest matches (19)

harmful adverse bad baleful baneful corroding corrosive corrupt corrupting corruptive counterproductive damaging deadly

Adjective(6 words)

bad abandoned arrant damaging dark deletery

Strong matches (28)

destroying destructive detrimental disadvantageous disserviceable distressing evil hurtful ill injurious lethal malefic malevolent malicious malign

Adjective(11 words)

destructive detrimental evil grim harmful hurtful inimical iniquitous injurious maleficent malicious

Adjective(2 words)

hurtful injurious

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And no maruell. For, the leaues of Boxe be deletorious, poiſonous, deadlie, and to the bodie of man very noiſome, dangerous and peſtilent[…]

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[…]of which there are various kinds, all of them of a deletorious quality, ſome in a greater and others in a leſſer degree[…]

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Mutations are mostly deletorious and recessive and carried by heterozygous individuals. So most of them are of no practical value since mutants are unable to compete with the wild type.

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