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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injurious/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injurious/#x1)
- Loud noise can be injurious to hearing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injurious/#x2)
- The chemicals were injurious to the fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injurious/#x3)
- Lack of sleep is injurious to learning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injurious/#x4)
- The judge said the words were injurious to his good name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injurious/#x5)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injurious/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.