Vocabulary
Deleterious
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
causing harm or damage.
Urdu meaning
فرقہ وارانہ گروہی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Thus, the culture ofurgency can be deleterious to our physical well-being in the long run.
- Thus, the culture ofurgency can be deleterious to our physical well-being in the long run.
- Thus, the culture ofurgency can be deleterious to our physical well-being in the long run.
- If, however, local demand for cement is encouraged to increase, it is bound to have deleterious impacts on the environment and the climate.
- Instead, they produced deleterious consequences for the country and undermined the military`s reputation.
Synonyms
harmful, damaging, detrimental, injurious, inimical, hurtful, bad, adverse, disadvantageous, unfavourable.
Antonyms
beneficial, advantageous.
Curator example
“divorce is assumed to have deleterious effects on children”
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