as in detrimental
causing or capable of causing harm
DDT has been proven to be extremely harmful to the environment
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Recent Examples of harmful
However, some studies found that chlorine can have harmful health effects.
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2024
This dynamic can be particularly harmful in businesses, where the well-being and engagement of employees directly influence productivity and innovation.
—Maria Alonso, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Still, the factor that may have been most harmful were his relationships with fellow Republican lawmakers, who regarded him as an empty showboat willing to hurt the party to gain attention.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Remember, your success will always attract attention, some of it good, some of it harmful.
—Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2024
This dynamic can be particularly harmful in businesses, where the well-being and engagement of employees directly influence productivity and innovation.
—Maria Alonso, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Still, the factor that may have been most harmful were his relationships with fellow Republican lawmakers, who regarded him as an empty showboat willing to hurt the party to gain attention.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Remember, your success will always attract attention, some of it good, some of it harmful.
—Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for harmful
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Most vapes contain nicotine, which comes from tobacco and can be detrimental to the parts of a young person's brain that oversee learning, attention, impulse control and mood.Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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Ohio State has already dropped a game this year so another loss could be detrimental to their seeding down the line.David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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The Impact Of Workplace Anxiety Workplace anxiety often has damaging effects on employees and organizations.Erik Pham, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Delegates from nearly 200 countries have been addressing the perils of climate change and trying to find the huge sums of money needed to slow, and cope with, its damaging effects across the planet.Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024
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For observers to project their own values and interests onto Hamas and its supporters is to fall into a dangerous trap.John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Williams was wearing a monitor manufactured by Honeywell Safety Products that should have warned him that he had been exposed to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals.Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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The filing details the company's ongoing legal proceedings, including actions against former executives and other entities, with no material adverse effect expected on the company's financial condition.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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While several free services to automatically delete all of an account’s posts exist, ones reviewed by NBC News either don’t guarantee against adverse effects like potentially suspending the account or require some technical work.Kevin Collier, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Zach Wilson’s younger brother settled in as the game progressed, but then threw a bad INT in the fourth to end Utah’s comeback attempt.Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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Wahl began the news conference by saying that the situation could have been much worse.NBC San Diego, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Harmful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harmful. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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