as in harmful
causing or capable of causing harm
inaccurate news reports are injurious to the public's faith in the media
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Recent Examples of injurious
Political gaffes are not always injurious enough to deal a fatal blow.
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Tariffs are neither a panacea nor necessarily injurious.
—Michael Pettis, Foreign Affairs, 27 Dec. 2024
There are at least 15 other active cases focused on similar claims involving Tesla incidents where Autopilot or its FSD — Full Self-Driving (Supervised) — had been in use just before a fatal or injurious crash.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
In the Regulatory Reform Act of 2024, also known as Senate Bill 607, for injurious actions to public water systems and wastewater treatment facilities, those convicted will be ordered to pay a fine of $250,000 in addition to the Class C felony.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Dec. 2024
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Tariffs are neither a panacea nor necessarily injurious.
—Michael Pettis, Foreign Affairs, 27 Dec. 2024
There are at least 15 other active cases focused on similar claims involving Tesla incidents where Autopilot or its FSD — Full Self-Driving (Supervised) — had been in use just before a fatal or injurious crash.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
In the Regulatory Reform Act of 2024, also known as Senate Bill 607, for injurious actions to public water systems and wastewater treatment facilities, those convicted will be ordered to pay a fine of $250,000 in addition to the Class C felony.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for injurious
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In an October 2022 article in the Montreal Gazette, Bryn Austin, a professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, highlighted how BMI can lead to harmful outcomes.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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Market intervention is always and everywhere harmful simply because markets are people.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Such responses hinder the efficacy of gene editing treatments and could also be detrimental, eliminating the cells targeted for modification.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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But at his worst, these game-breaking qualities can be detrimental.—
Elias Burke,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Mother Nature exploded in Los Angeles this month with the most damaging wildfires in the city’s, and likely the nation’s, history.—
Carmen Balber,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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The deficit hawks said the package must be paid for by other changes to the budget — a stipulation that infuriated Republicans from New York and New Jersey, where the storm was most damaging, and triggered an internal fight within the GOP that benefited Democrats politically.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
16 Jan. 2025
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But the measure also raised concern among state environmental groups about potential adverse effects on ecosystems and vulnerable species.—
David Lightman,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Jan. 2025
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The addition of seaweed improved beef cattle growth rates with no adverse health effects.—
Heide Brandes,
thehustle.co,
24 Jan. 2025
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New companies with dangerous ideas about affordable, efficient systems are generally shut out.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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The lack of rain came as seven separate Santa Ana wind events hit Southern California in January alone, Tardy said, a dangerous combination in creating fire weather conditions as the air and vegetation dry out, making brush especially flammable.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Injurious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injurious. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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