harmful
[hahrm-fuhl]
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adjective
causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
Origin of harmful
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In the Middle Ages they thought to reduce its harmfulness at least by direct elimination, hence the use of drastic purgatives.
Medieval MedicineJames J. (James Joseph) Walsh
Quite possible, the experience, made at an early day with the breeding of animals, revealed the harmfulness of in-breeding.
Woman under socialismAugust Bebel
The immorality and harmfulness of this system are obvious, and they spread with the extension of capitalism.
Woman under socialismAugust Bebel
Many persons call almost every creature an insect that is small and supposed to be useless, or suspected of harmfulness.
Zoology: The Science of Animal LifeErnest Ingersoll
They went from shop to shop, making the shopkeepers see the harmfulness of the Moncadist politics, promising them advantages.
Csar or NothingPo Baroja Baroja
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