deleterious
harmful
TRANSLATION
schädlich, verderblich, nachteilig
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"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."
"The newspaper pictures were deleterious to the company's image; the shareholders didn't like seeing the CFO in Bermuda shorts spending company profits."
Did you
know?
Wordwise: Date: 1643. Deleterious comes from the Greek "deleisthai", meaning "to harm".
