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Definition of harmful

constituting a disadvantage
tending to cause great harm
contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas"
able or likely to do harm

Similar Words: disadvantageous, evil, injurious, adverse, inauspicious, untoward, noxious

See Also: inexpedient, inopportune, destructive, disadvantageous, malign, noxious, offensive, painful, toxic, unwholesome

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