injurious
adjective
[ ɪnˈdʒʊərɪəs ]
• causing or likely to cause damage or harm.
• "food which is injurious to health"
Similar:
harmful,
damaging,
deleterious,
detrimental,
hurtful,
dangerous,
disadvantageous,
unfavourable,
undesirable,
adverse,
inimical,
unhealthy,
unwholesome,
environmentally unfriendly,
destructive,
pernicious,
malignant,
malefic,
maleficent,
Origin:
late Middle English: from French injurieux or Latin injuriosus, from injuria ‘a wrong’ (see injury).
