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deleterious (adjective), more deleterious, most deleterious
1. Relating to a harmful result on someone or something; injurious: Face it, there is obviously a deleterious effect from smoking.
2. Etymology: from Middle Latin deleterius; from Greek deleterios, "noxious", from deleter, "destroyer", from deleisthai, "to hurt, to injure".
Relating to being harmful and a cause of physical injury.
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Pertaining to being morally bad.
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This entry is located in the following units: de- (page 21) deleter-, deleteri- + (page 1) -ous, -ious, -eous (page 7)
(Latin: to injure, to hurt; injury, harm, harmful; trauma; a noxious or deleterious agent or influence)