deleterious

Example Sentences

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If one deteriorates, the other is almost certain to do so as well, with deleterious consequences.

From Barron's

If one deteriorates, the other is almost certain to do so as well, with deleterious consequences.

From Barron's

"Those beneficial mutations in the old environment might become deleterious in the new environment."

From Science Daily

But he demonstrated Wednesday that his leadership remains intact—and strong enough to prevent tension in the Fed’s dual mandate from devolving into deleterious tension within the committee.

From Barron's

Directors, producers and owners of theater chains fear that Netflix’s WBD takeover can only be further deleterious to the box office ecosystem.

From Salon