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# pernicious

adjective

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

## Everyday

Very harmful; slowly causing damage, ruin or trouble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pernicious/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a bad force such as envy that spoils people's lives, which a power can ward off

### Examples

- The Romans worshipped Nemesis to ward off the pernicious consequences of envy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pernicious/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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