deleterious
/del-ih-TEER-ee-us/adjectivecausing harm or damage
“The additive has deleterious effects at high doses.”
- Synonyms
- harmful, damaging, injurious
- Antonyms
- beneficial, salutary
- Memory hook
- deleterious: delete-erious — it deletes your health.
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