deleterious

harmful

TRANSLATION

schädlich, verderblich, nachteilig

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"Bungee jumping can be deleterious to your health."

"The newspaper pictures were deleterious to the company's image; the shareholders didn't like seeing the CFO in Bermuda shorts spending company profits."

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Wordwise: Date: 1643. Deleterious comes from the Greek "deleisthai", meaning "to harm".

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