The processing of certain raw materials - pulp and paper, oil, and alumina, for example - can have substantial environmental side effects.
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Side effect
Synonyms for "side effect" (68 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Adjective(1 words)
adverse outcome
Strong matches (20)
Related words (34)
by productby-productcodacomplementconcomitantcontinuationcorollaryeffectextensionextrapolationfixtureincreaseincrementoffshootpendantplacentareactionreinforcementresponsesecundines
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Adjective(2 words)
secondary effectunintended effect
Related word relations
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Translations
38 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أَثَر جَانِبِيّ noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Belarusian
1 entries- пабо́чны эфе́кт noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Bulgarian
1 entries- страни́чен ефе́кт noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Catalan
1 entries- efecte secundari noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 副作用 noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Czech
1 entries- vedlejší účinek noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Dutch
2 entries- neveneffect noun (unintended consequence of any action)
- nevenwerking noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Esperanto
1 entries- kromefiko noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Estonian
1 entries- kõrvalmõju noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Finnish
1 entries- sivuvaikutus noun (unintended consequence of any action)
French
1 entries- effet secondaire noun (unintended consequence of any action)
German
2 entries- Nebeneffekt noun (unintended consequence of any action)
- Nebenwirkung noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Greek
1 entries- παρενέργεια noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Hebrew
1 entries- תּוֹפָעַת לְוַאי noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Hindi
1 entries- दुष्प्रभाव noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Hungarian
1 entries- mellékhatás noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Indonesian
1 entries- efek samping noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Italian
1 entries- effetto collaterale noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Japanese
1 entries- 副作用 noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Korean
1 entries- 부작용 noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Macedonian
1 entries- нуспојава noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- bieffekt noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Polish
2 entries- efekt uboczny noun (unintended consequence of any action)
- skutek uboczny noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Portuguese
1 entries- efeito colateral noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Russian
2 entries- побо́чное де́йствие noun (unintended consequence of any action)
- побо́чный эффе́кт noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nùspojava noun (unintended consequence of any action)
- ну̀спојава noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Slovak
1 entries- vedľajší účinok noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Spanish
1 entries- efecto secundario noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Swedish
1 entries- bieffekt noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Turkish
1 entries- yan etki noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Ukrainian
2 entries- побі́чна ді́я noun (unintended consequence of any action)
- побі́чний ефе́кт noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Yiddish
1 entries- בײַעפֿעקט noun (unintended consequence of any action)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
A side effect of this architecture (which was designed only for efficient fabrication) is that it also performs automated repair.
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So you go along for a long time / And nothing seems to worry your mind / But what it adds up to / It's the side effect / That finally gets to you / It's the side effect / That finally gets to you
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Useful for mild depression but may trigger coronary problems. A positive side effect is that it may actually help with degenerative joint disease symptoms.
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