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# injurious

adjective (injurious)

«injurious» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(formal) Causing harm or damage, as in «injurious to health». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injurious/#m1)

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

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «injurious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injurious/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«injurious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/injurious.html) on Mova free.