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   injurious

   /ɪnˈdʒʊərɪəs/

   adjective

   • 1. causing or likely to cause damage or harm: "food which is injurious to health"
   • ▪ (of language) maliciously insulting; libellous.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French injurieux or Latin injuriosus, from injuria ‘a wrong’ (see injury).

   Derivatives

   • 1. injuriously adverb
   • 2. injuriousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

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   What does injurious to health mean?

   • injurious to health. Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved. Unwholesome; unhealthful; usually describes climate. Want to thank TFD for its existence?

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   What is another word for injurious?

   • Injurious synonyms What is another wordfor Injurious? harmful help, property injurious and harmful deleterious help, attribution injurious and deleterious hurtful help, pernicious injurious and hurtful

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   Do you know what an injury is?

   • If you know what an injury is, you have a head start on learning injurious. Anything injurious is dangerous. At a construction site, almost anything could be injurious, if you don't know what you're doing (or even if you do). Falling off a ladder could be very injurious. Even crossing the street can have injurious effects if you're hit by a car.

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   What does injurie mean?

   • late 14c., "harm, damage, loss; a specific injury," from Anglo-French injurie "wrongful action," from Latin injuria "wrong, hurt, injustice, insult," noun use of fem. of injurius "wrongful, unjust," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + ius (genitive iuris) "right, law" (see jurist).

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › injuriousINJURIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Injurious means harmful or damaging, especially to health or well-being. Learn how to use this formal adjective in sentences, and see synonyms and antonyms, from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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     adjective. formal us / ɪnˈdʒʊr.i.əs / uk / ɪnˈdʒʊə.ri.əs /...

   • Znaczenie Injurious, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     injurious definicja: 1. harmful: 2. harmful: . Dowiedź się...

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     INJURIOUS translate: 有害的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   The meaning of INJURIOUS is inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental. How to use injurious in a sentence.

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   harmful, hurtful, or detrimental, as in effect: injurious eating habits. Synonyms: ruinous, destructive, baneful, pernicious, deleterious, damaging. Antonyms: beneficial. doing or involving injury or wrong, as to another: injurious behavior.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › injuriousINJURIOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Injurious means harmful, damaging, or offensive to someone or something. Learn the synonyms, antonyms, word frequency, and examples of injurious in different contexts.

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   Injurious means harmful or damaging to someone or something. Learn how to use this formal adjective in different contexts, with synonyms and antonyms, and see examples from various sources.

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   Anything injurious is dangerous. At a construction site, almost anything could be injurious, if you don't know what you're doing (or even if you do). Falling off a ladder could be very injurious. Even crossing the street can have injurious effects if you're hit by a car.

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   1. Causing or tending to cause injury; harmful: eating habits that are injurious to one's health. 2. Offensive or insulting; hurtful: made injurious statements about his rival. in·ju′ri·ous·ly adv. in·ju′ri·ous·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.