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Definition of injurious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

injurious

adjective
 
/ɪnˈdʒʊəriəs/
 
/ɪnˈdʒʊriəs/
(formal)
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  1. injurious (to somebody/something) causing or likely to cause harm or damage synonym damaging
    • injurious to health
    • injurious effects
    Word Originlate Middle English: from French injurieux or Latin injuriosus, from injuria ‘a wrong’, from in- (expressing negation) + jus, jur- ‘right’.
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