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deleterious

Meanings
  • adjective

    Tending to harm or damage

    - "The deleterious effects of smoking on health."
    - "The deleterious impact of the economic crisis on businesses."
Pronunciation




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  2. /ˌdɛləˈtɪɹi.əs/



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Synonyms

destructive , harmful , hurtful , injurious , noxious , pernicious
Rhymes
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pernicious , venicious , delicious
Variants
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deleterious , deleteriously , deleteriousness , deleteriousnesses
Forms
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The comparative form of 'deleterious' is 'more deleterious'. The superlative form is 'most deleterious'., The verb form of 'deleterious' is 'deleterize'.

Etymology
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From the Latin word 'deleterius' meaning harmful or damaging

Trivia
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  1. The word 'deleterious' comes from the Latin word 'deleterius', which means harmful or damaging.

  2. The chemical element polonium is considered to be one of the most deleterious substances known to humanity, due to its high radioactivity and toxicity.

Related Concepts
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  1. toxic: Related to substances that can harm or damage living organisms.

  2. harmful: Related to anything that causes injury or damage.

Quotes
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  1. Most everyone now knows the action of pressing mouse keys is far more "deleterious" to the tender structures of the wrist and hand than typing is.

    - Michael Finley,{it}Albany (New York) Times-Union{/it},2 Sept. 1998

  2. In developing countries, the imposition of boundaries around national parks and protected areas has been "deleterious" for both people and wildlife.

    - Kristin B. Gunther,{it}Association of American Geographers{/it},2002

  3. This skewed allocation of resources away from those most in need, in turn, insures that many young people from low-income families will continue to be shut out of the economy, with obvious "deleterious" family and social consequences.

    - Iris C. Rotberg,{it}Education Week{/it},9 Mar. 1994

  4. For as James Keirans pointed out to me, ticks are the world's most notorious carriers of the agents of diseases that strike animals, wild and domestic. And they rank second only to mosquitoes in their "deleterious" effect on humans.

    - Edwards Park,{it}Smithsonian{/it},January 1987
Culture
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In literature, 'deleterious' is often used to describe harmful or damaging influences or substances. In art, it can be used to depict the destructive or harmful aspects of nature or human behavior.

How to Memorize "deleterious"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a harmful substance or situation that is described as 'deleterious'. For example, imagine a polluted lake that is harmful to aquatic life.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'deleterious' with words that have similar meanings, such as 'harmful', 'damaging', or 'toxic'.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic device to help remember the meaning of 'deleterious'. For example, 'Dangerous to life, that's what deleterious is.'

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