harmful
adjective
causing or capable of causing harm; injurious.
harmfully
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a word derived from
harmful.
Example Sentences
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Meta has faced similar scrutiny across the Atlantic including a US trial this year which ruled Meta's and YouTube's platforms were harmfully addictive.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
As for critics, some have continued to dismiss many reality TV shows as superficial escapism, at best - or, at worst, harmfully divisive.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2025
But the American Medical Association complained that the COVID-19 drugs could interact harmfully with drugs for other conditions and that physicians, who don’t typically staff pharmacies, are best equipped to prescribe them safely.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 9, 2022
But there is a risk that, in cases of high mutation load, elimination of mutated mtDNA could reduce the mtDNA copy number to harmfully low levels.
From Nature ● Jul. 7, 2020
I consider such phrases as the "progress of art," the "improvement of art" and "higher average of art" distinctly and harmfully misleading.
From Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques by James Huneker
