as in harmful
causing or capable of causing harm
inaccurate news reports are injurious to the public's faith in the media
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Recent Examples of injurious
Nor did anyone commit an injurious gaffe.
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Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
Nor did anyone commit an injurious gaffe.
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Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
Grade inflation isn’t just injurious to a university’s reputation.
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Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
Better to say something injurious instead.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for injurious
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
Nor did anyone commit an injurious gaffe.
—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
Grade inflation isn’t just injurious to a university’s reputation.
—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
Better to say something injurious instead.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for injurious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injurious
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The plasma process also produced very little smoke or tar, reducing harmful secondary pollutants typically associated with biomass conversion and making the technology a cleaner way to produce renewable solid fuel.
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At the same time, its flowers attract beneficial predatory insects, such as ladybugs and parasitic wasps, that naturally hunt harmful garden pests.
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And beneath the surface of those turquoise waters, marine life continues on without knowing their life is colliding in detrimental-to-them ways.
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Substance abuse is greatly detrimental in its own right, of course, but sometimes the issues that stem from it—stress, emotional exhaustion, secrecy, avoidance—can have similarly devastating long-term effects on a person’s wellbeing.
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Each specimen was weighed and put in the same-sized containers filled with superworm larvae to determine the optimal ratio of larvae to specimen for thorough cleaning without damaging bones.
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And such a gap can be far more damaging than any technology shortfall.
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These conditions can increase your vulnerability to adverse effects from poor air quality.
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Valentine also testified that the FDA encourages infant formula companies to send in all adverse event reports and that nothing prevented Mead Johnson from doing so.
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Teri handled higher-value finds and saw that potentially dangerous items – like firearms and knives – got to the local sheriff’s office.
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Looking back through the sequence, Brazil have good numbers back and there is little need for anyone to overcommit — but a lazy tackle from behind leads to a free kick in a dangerous area.
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“Injurious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injurious. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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