Harmful

Word HARMFUL
Character 7
Hyphenation harm ful
Pronunciations /ˈhɑːmfl̩/

Definitions and meanings of "Harmful"

What do we mean by harmful?

Causing or capable of causing harm; injurious. adjective

Full of harm; hurtful; injurious; noxious; detrimental; mischievous.

Synonyms Pernicious, baneful, deleterious, prejudicial.

Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous. adjective

Of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious adjective

Causing or capable of causing harm adjective

Of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious

Synonyms and Antonyms for Harmful

The word "harmful" in example sentences

Chinese authorities have in recent months stepped up their already strict control of the flow of information online, including efforts this year to discourage the spread of what they term "harmful information" and "rumors"—words increasingly used for opinions and information not approved by the Communist Party. ❋ Loretta Chao (2011)

Obama, opening the forum, took another shot a Republicans in Congress for what he called a harmful practice of putting party above country. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Hani Qawasmi, who had been considered a moderate civil servant acceptable to both factions, resigned due to what he termed harmful behavior by both sides. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"It became clear very quickly that really all this shampoo did was clean your hair and didn't put what they called harmful chemicals back into your hair," Sheldon told CBC Radio's ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Pope lamented what he called the harmful and destructive influence of some forms of modern culture. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Then we must ask why God needed to even bother with awkward designs like the flawed and ridiculously concocted ones we see in nature; why, for instance, did God give us skin as protection from germs and foreign particles, and yet not make us to thrive on what we know as harmful radiation? ❋ Joe E. Holman (2008)

What is lacking in all of this are any simple explanation of what the authorities are defining as "harmful," what the possible range of exposures are, and what potential level of releases from Fukushima Daiichi are being taken into account. ❋ Carl Pope (2011)

Perhaps even more harmful is the stereotyping of marijuana smokers as lazy, dumb, slow, passive, apathetic, memory-challenged junk-food addicts. ❋ Steve Bloom (2010)

High temperatures, pressures, and an abundance of certain harmful chemical compounds have rendered these levels uninhabitable. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The author at Biopolitical in a related article titled How harmful is egalitarianism? writes: ❋ Unknown (2009)

(B2 is one of the few vitamins with which overdoses result in harmful effects). ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the end it is really all about safety for the dogs and the e-collar gives you the ability to prevent the dogs from putting themselves in harmful situations. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Whether Roosevelt's actual policies were, on balance, helpful or harmful, is something that I think reasonable people can debate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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