Deleterious
adjective
Causing harm or damage.
Smoking has a deleterious effect on your health.
Often appears as...
- deleterious effect
- deleterious influence
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
adjective
Having a harmful effect.
The deleterious consequences of the epidemic were evident.
Often appears as...
- deleterious consequences
- deleterious substances
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Technical
adjective
Leading to failure or disaster.
Her deleterious financial decisions led to bankruptcy.
Often appears as...
- deleterious decisions
- deleterious actions
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Causing harm or damage.
Smoking has a deleterious effect on your health.
Often appears as...
- deleterious effect
- deleterious influence
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
adjective
Having a harmful effect.
The deleterious consequences of the epidemic were evident.
Often appears as...
- deleterious consequences
- deleterious substances
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Technical
adjective
Leading to failure or disaster.
Her deleterious financial decisions led to bankruptcy.
Often appears as...
- deleterious decisions
- deleterious actions
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Harm
Deleterious often refers to gradually harmful effects, not always immediate.
Excessive screen time has a deleterious influence on children's eyesight.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Deleterious' carries a negative tone, expressing disapproval of the harmful outcomes.
Polluting factories have deleterious effects on the environment.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Nuance
'Deleterious' is common in scholarly texts; it could sound out of place in casual conversation.
The study shows a deleterious impact of sedentary lifestyle.
Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Harm
Deleterious often refers to gradually harmful effects, not always immediate.
Excessive screen time has a deleterious influence on children's eyesight.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Deleterious' carries a negative tone, expressing disapproval of the harmful outcomes.
Polluting factories have deleterious effects on the environment.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Nuance
'Deleterious' is common in scholarly texts; it could sound out of place in casual conversation.
The study shows a deleterious impact of sedentary lifestyle.
Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Harm
Deleterious often refers to gradually harmful effects, not always immediate.
Excessive screen time has a deleterious influence on children's eyesight.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Deleterious' carries a negative tone, expressing disapproval of the harmful outcomes.
Polluting factories have deleterious effects on the environment.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Nuance
'Deleterious' is common in scholarly texts; it could sound out of place in casual conversation.
The study shows a deleterious impact of sedentary lifestyle.
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Video examples
Welcome to the genomic...
if you have this deleterious mutation in this gene you're 90% likely to get cancer in your life so unfortunately this doesn't help this woman but it does have severe a profound if you will implications to her family right I mean if they have the same mutation and they get this genetic test and they understand it then they can go and get
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Stopping Pandemics, An...
the way down to a baseline that is really uh workable in the sense so that when you try to open the country which we inevitably have to do i mean we can't just be locked down forever because of the deleterious consequences of that
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Nina Jablonski breaks...
Now this had all sorts of invidious social consequences. But it also had deleterious health consequences to people. So what? We've been on the move. We're so clever we can overcome all of these seeming biological impediments.
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Welcome to the genomic...
if you have this deleterious mutation in this gene you're 90% likely to get cancer in your life so unfortunately this doesn't help this woman but it does have severe a profound if you will implications to her family right I mean if they have the same mutation and they get this genetic test and they understand it then they can go and get
Video examples
Stopping Pandemics, An...
the way down to a baseline that is really uh workable in the sense so that when you try to open the country which we inevitably have to do i mean we can't just be locked down forever because of the deleterious consequences of that
Video examples
Nina Jablonski breaks...
Now this had all sorts of invidious social consequences. But it also had deleterious health consequences to people. So what? We've been on the move. We're so clever we can overcome all of these seeming biological impediments.
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Jay Samit
American Businessman
Too many startups get in the habit of continually raising more and more money, which has the deleterious effect of both pushing out profitability and limiting your exit options. The less rounds of capital you need to raise, the more of your company you get to own.
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Jason Schreier
To avoid long-term deleterious effects, game developers must commit to stop facilitating a culture in which crunch is the norm. The occasional long night or weekend at the office can be useful and even exhilarating, but as a constant, it is damaging.
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Michael Burry
American Businessman
It is a tenet of my investment style that, on the subject of common stock investment, maximizing the upside means first and foremost minimizing the downside. The deleterious effect of permanent capital loss on portfolio returns cannot be overstated.
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Claire Messud
American Novelist
I feel that I have an impractical and deleterious snobbery about the relation of literature to the market. I thought, 'I've become the kind of crap you buy at airports!' It was exciting, but it was not a fantasy I'd ever had.
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Michael Rosbash
American Scientist
Shift work, where the body clock is continuously changed, is really deleterious on many levels - from psychology to physiology.
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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
French Lawyer
The sense of smell explores; deleterious substances almost always have an unpleasant smell.
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Jay Samit
American Businessman
Too many startups get in the habit of continually raising more and more money, which has the deleterious effect of both pushing out profitability and limiting your exit options. The less rounds of capital you need to raise, the more of your company you get to own.
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Jason Schreier
To avoid long-term deleterious effects, game developers must commit to stop facilitating a culture in which crunch is the norm. The occasional long night or weekend at the office can be useful and even exhilarating, but as a constant, it is damaging.
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Michael Burry
American Businessman
It is a tenet of my investment style that, on the subject of common stock investment, maximizing the upside means first and foremost minimizing the downside. The deleterious effect of permanent capital loss on portfolio returns cannot be overstated.
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Claire Messud
American Novelist
I feel that I have an impractical and deleterious snobbery about the relation of literature to the market. I thought, 'I've become the kind of crap you buy at airports!' It was exciting, but it was not a fantasy I'd ever had.
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Michael Rosbash
American Scientist
Shift work, where the body clock is continuously changed, is really deleterious on many levels - from psychology to physiology.
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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
French Lawyer
The sense of smell explores; deleterious substances almost always have an unpleasant smell.
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