Vocabulary
Adverse
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
preventing success or development; harmful; unfavourable.
Urdu meaning
مختلف، برعکس، الٹا، ناموافق
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Besides the adverse impact of such boycotts, party decision-making also raises questions about the state of intraparty democracy and the place of senior party officials, not only in the PTI but most other parties as well.
- In contrast, for countries imposing much higher tariffs, notably the US, the tarif fs will likely act more as an adverse supply shocl(, boosting inflation while lowering growth.
- KARACHI: The London Times editorial suggesting the partition of Kashmir has caused extremely adverse reactions in the Pakistan Capital.
- In short, there is no room for complacency as we are far from overcoming our domestic vulnerabilities, which are accentuated by adverse external conditions.
- Besides spurious and counterfeit medicines, there are many other harmful categories of drugs, such as substandard, expired, adulterated and wrongly labelled drugs, or those discovered to have unreported adverse reactions.
Synonyms
unfavourable, disadvantageous, inauspicious, unpropitious, unfortunate, unlucky, untimely
Antonyms
favourable, beneficial, positive, friendly
Curator example
“taxes are having an adverse effect on production”
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