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TOEFL BNC: 21686 COCA: 24105

injurious

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
injurious /ɪnˈʤurijəs/ adjective
injurious
/ɪnˈʤurijəs/
adjective
Learner's definition of INJURIOUS
[more injurious; most injurious] formal
: causing injury : harmful致伤害的;有害的
often + to

— injuriously

adverb
TOEFL BNC: 21686 COCA: 24105

injurious

adjective

in·​ju·​ri·​ous in-ˈju̇r-ē-əs How to pronounce injurious (audio)
1
: inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental
injurious to health
2
: abusive, defamatory
speak not injurious words George Washington
injuriously adverb
injuriousness noun

Example Sentences

The decision has had an injurious effect. inaccurate news reports are injurious to the public's faith in the media
Recent Examples on the Web The use of this exercise is administered lackadaisically at best and injurious at worst, whether programmed by football and soccer coaches or personal trainers and strength coaches all over the world. Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health, 9 Aug. 2022 Ironically, Sale’s locker in the Worcester clubhouse was situated next to a punching dummy intended to serve as a non-injurious safety valve for the ire of players. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2022 The result is either injurious or produces a fatality. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 June 2022 At one point, his post-inning celebrations proved nearly injurious. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022 That said, these two cases highlight the unfair and injurious difference between standards to which physicians are held and standards to which nurses are held. Michelle Collins, STAT, 14 May 2022 Together, this suggests that relief from distressing emotion acts as a powerful reinforcer, likely increasing the probability that people continue to experience self-injurious thoughts and behaviors. Kevin King, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2022 On Friday, Piers Morgan points out the hypocrisy of vegans who drink almond milk, because the process of growing almonds is injurious to the bee population. James Parker, The Atlantic, 5 May 2022 But most objections to words and ideas are based on offense, not concrete danger, and Mill insists on the distinction between the merely — if sometimes genuinely — offensive and the truly injurious. Samuel Goldman, The Week, 21 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of injurious was in the 15th century
TOEFL BNC: 21686 COCA: 24105

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