deleterious, hurtful, injurious
(adjective) harmful to living things; “deleterious chemical additives”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
injurious (comparative more injurious, superlative most injurious)
Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.
• scathel, harmful, hurtful; see also harmful
• defamatory, invidious, libelous, slanderous; see also defamatory
Source: Wiktionary
In*ju"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. injuriousus, injurius; cf. F. injurieux. See Injury.]
1. Not just; wrongful; iniquitous; culpable. [Obs.] Milton. Till the injurious Roman did extort This tribute from us, we were free. Shak.
2. Causing injury or harm; hurtful; harmful; detrimental; mischievous; as, acts injurious to health, credit, reputation, property, etc. Without being injurious to the memory of our English Pindar. Dryden.
Syn.
– Harmful; hurtful; pernicious; mischievous; baneful; deleterious; noxious; ruinous; detrimental.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 May 2025
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
