injurious

«injurious» in Mova's school dictionary: Causing harm or damage, as in «injurious to health» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (injurious)

meaning for a pupil

(formal) Causing harm or damage, as in «injurious to health». tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in formal and legal writing and exam texts: «Smoking is injurious to health.» Everyday words are «harmful» or «bad for». It tells the reader something does damage.

examples

• Smoking is injurious to your health. tree →
• Loud noise can be injurious to hearing. tree →
• The chemicals were injurious to the fish. tree →
• Lack of sleep is injurious to learning. tree →
• The judge said the words were injurious to his good name. tree →

note

Formal; prefer «harmful» in everyday writing. Related: injury, injure. Ends in «-ious».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «injurious» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.