damaging
causing or capable of causing damages; harmful; injurious.
Origin of damaging
1Other words from damaging
- dam·ag·ing·ly, adverb
- non·dam·ag·ing, adjective
- non·dam·ag·ing·ly, adverb
- un·dam·ag·ing, adjective
Words Nearby damaging
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use damaging in a sentence
As investors become more risk-averse, industry insiders expect that the funding slowdown to prove most damaging for young companies as venture capital likely tilts towards established startups with proven business models.
Venture capital firms are collaborating to keep Nigerian startups alive | Yomi Kazeem | September 2, 2020 | QuartzCredit Suisse is struggling to move beyond one of the most damaging episodes in its recent history after it spied on star banker Iqbal Khan, who was leaving for rival UBS Group AG.
Extreme one-off events can be far more damaging for companies and societies at large.
COVID-19 and climate change expose the dangers of unstable supply chains | matthewheimer | August 27, 2020 | FortuneMurthy had found compelling the argument that loneliness was increasing and that loneliness can be damaging, even physiologically damaging.
Is There Really a “Loneliness Epidemic”? (Ep. 407) | Stephen J. Dubner | February 27, 2020 | FreakonomicsTo suggest that it’s the most damaging environmental thing we do is, I think, a pretty extreme overstatement.
It is the steady accretion of detail that may yet be the most damaging factor in the battle for British hearts and minds.
He lambasts the case as without evidence, an unfair trial, and damaging for the American reputation.
Of Cuban Spies, a Baby, and a Filmmaker: The Strange Tale of the Cuban Five | Nina Strochlic | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 2006 then-Senator Barack Obama understood how damaging illegal immigration is for the working people of this country.
Equally as damaging is the notion that those not preparing to protest the verdict must be armed for protection.
If Republicans blow it and fail to pass significant legislation, that will be a huge lost opportunity and damaging for 2016.
Voters Remind D.C. That the Economy Still Sucks | Stuart Stevens | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe missed no opportunity of thwarting and damaging the Government which had saved him from the gallows.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThat officer hurled his troops against Sherman's breastworks, and suffered a damaging defeat.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.For one thing, she had kept to the truth when she might have made her hints more damaging by a little exaggeration.
The Girl From Keller's | Harold BindlossThe nocturnal mischief of damaging or destroying a neighbor's corn.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward GibbonSeiler thinks that only the Trojans used the battle-axe; perhaps for damaging the ships: he follows the scholiast.
Homer and His Age | Andrew Lang
Browse