harmful

So why are we continually inundated with images and hate speech perpetuating this harmful lie?
Can We Lose the Violent Muslim Cliché?|Jay Parini|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It will likely be harmful to the reputations of both the president and vice president.
Exposed: The White House’s Professor-in-Chief|Jonathan Alter|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Another act, however, may be considered immoral not because it is harmful but because it evinces disloyalty.
It’s Official: Religion Doesn’t Make You More Moral|Elizabeth Picciuto|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From a pediatric ICU in Melbourne, Australia, to an elevator in Brooklyn, we see just how harmful refusing to vaccinate can be.
Hey Anti-Vaxxers, Watch NOVA: Vaccines--Calling the Shots|Russell Saunders|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Studies revealed that exposure to harmful UV rays could cause wrinkles and other signs of aging, as well as skin cancer.
Is the Facekini the Future of Beachwear?|Justin Jones|August 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hence, it is often as harmful for a person to use these medicines freely as to use alcoholic liquors in any other form.
First Book in Physiology and Hygiene|J.H. Kellogg
Father will not insist on your doing anything that will be harmful.
The Tyranny of the Dark|Hamlin Garland
And it is especially their so-called tactics that are harmful to the proletariat.
Anarchism and Socialism|George Plechanoff
In the same way shade is harmful to vegetation, since the radiant energy required for growth is prevented from reaching the plant.
The Mechanism of Life|Stphane Leduc
It has all the fantastic unreality of Chinese dragons, and, therefore, can in no way be harmful.
Oscar Wilde|Leonard Cresswell Ingleby

British Dictionary definitions for harmful

harmful

adjective

causing or tending to cause harm; injurious

Derived Formsharmfully, adverbharmfulness, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for harmful

harmful

adj.

mid-14c., from harm (n.) + -ful. Related: Harmfully.

harmful

adjective

RELATED CONTENT

RELATED WORDS

Nearby words

Origin of harmful

Examples from the Web for harmful

harmful

adjective

harmful