injuriousness


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in·ju·ri·ous

 (ĭn-jo͝or′ē-əs)
adj.
1. Causing or tending to cause injury; harmful: eating habits that are injurious to one's health.
2. Offensive or insulting; hurtful: made injurious statements about his rival.
in·ju′ri·ous·ly adv.
in·ju′ri·ous·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.injuriousness - destructiveness that causes harm or injury
harmfulness
destructiveness - the quality of causing destruction
insidiousness - subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease)
virulence, virulency - extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease); "the virulence of the plague"
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