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debilitating

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??b?l?te?t??(?)/

Adjective

debilitating (comparative more debilitating, superlative most debilitating)

  1. Causing a loss of energy or strength.

Translations

Usage notes

  • Nouns often used with "debilitating": illness, effect.

Verb

debilitating

  1. present participle of debilitate

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deleterious

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin deleterius, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (d?l?t?rios, noxious, deleterious), from ??????? (d?l?t?r, a destroyer), from ???????? (d?léomai, I hurt, damage, spoil, waste), 1640s.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?l??t???i.?s/, /?d?l??t???i.?s/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?d?l??t??i.?s/
  • Rhymes: -??ri?s

Adjective

deleterious (comparative more deleterious, superlative most deleterious)

  1. Harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way.
    Synonyms: destructive, harmful, hurtful, injurious, noxious, pernicious; see also Thesaurus:harmful
  2. (genetics) having lower fitness.

Derived terms

  • deleteriously
  • deleteriousness

Related terms

  • delete
  • deletion
  • deletory

Translations

Further reading

  • deleterious at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • deleterious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “deleterious”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

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