beneficial

non·ben·e·fi·cial·ness, nounqua·si-ben·e·fi·cial, adjectivequa·si-ben·e·fi·cial·ly, adverbun·ben·e·fi·cial, adjectiveun·ben·e·fi·cial·ly, adverbun·ben·e·fi·cial·ness, noun

Can be confusedbeneficent beneficial benevolent

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Examples from the Web for beneficial

“We can try to improve things that are beneficial to Turkers,” Milland added.
Amazon’s Turkers Kick Off the First Crowdsourced Labor Guild|Kevin Zawacki|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The review also notes that sucralose could potentially harm the beneficial bacteria in our gut.
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Diversification was as beneficial in financial investments as it was in growing crops and raising livestock.
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Why do you think psychedelics are so beneficial in helping Vets with PTD?
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The Center for Consumer Freedom has praised those foods as safe and beneficial.
The Sleazy War on the Humane Society|Center for Public Integrity|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Moreover, sufferings which are the result of our own mistakes are often beneficial.
The Last Days of Tolstoy|V. G. Chertkov
But beneficial habits may, under the fostering care of selection, develop into instincts.
The Whence and the Whither of Man|John Mason Tyler
I fertilize my orchard with stable litter, and think it beneficial on sandy soil.
The Apple|Various
I care not with what principle the new-born patriot is animated, if the measures he supports are beneficial to the community.
Junius Unmasked|Joel Moody
Beneficial Insects have also to be considered in economic entomology.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10|Various

British Dictionary definitions for beneficial

beneficial

adjective

(sometimes foll by to) causing a good result; advantageous

law entitling a person to receive the profits or proceeds of propertya beneficial interest in land

Derived Formsbeneficially, adverb

Word Origin for beneficial

C15: from Late Latin beneficiālis, from Latin beneficium kindness

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Word Origin and History for beneficial

beneficial

adj.

mid-15c., "helpful, advantageous," from Middle French bénéficial and directly from Latin beneficialis "pertaining to a favor," from beneficium (see benefice). Related: Beneficially.