Deleterious means harmful or injurious.
Harmful; injurious.
| Front | deleterious /del-i-TEER-ee-uhs/ |
|---|---|
| Back | adjective Harmful; injurious. [From Greek deleterios (destructive), from deleisthai (to harm).] "Petroleum and its products will continue to fetch escalating prices with new and deleterious effects on the world's economies and politics." - Mary King; No Business as Usual in Energy; Trinidad and Tobago Express; Jun 25, 2007. |
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