(a.) Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous.
Example Sentences:
(1) Chapman and the other "illegals" – sleeper agents without diplomatic cover – seem to have done little to harm American national security.
(2) Bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS), which are important components of the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria, induce a number of host responses both beneficial and harmful.
(3) Robert Francis QC's official report in February on the Mid Staffordshire care scandal, in which an estimated 400 to 1,200 patients died unnecessarily at Stafford hospital between 2005 and 2008, called for the NHS to make "zero harm" its objective.
(4) I realise now that the drug is far less harmful then I believed at the time.
(5) Irrespective of method, the suicide attempt was predominantly a psychotic act of young single people with chronic, severe disorders and considerable past parasuicide, in a setting of escalating self-harm.
(6) Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, People's Liberation Army's chief of the general staff Gen Fang Fenghui also warned that the US must be objective about tensions between China and Vietnam or risk harming relations between Washington and Beijing.
(7) Jails and prison populations are unique in the incidence of deliberate self-harm, but the phenomenon is not well understood.
(8) It’s been widely reported that black people are disproportionately harmed by the mortgage market.
(9) Repeat patients were more likely to threaten to harm others, have a diagnosis of adjustment disorder, conduct or oppositional disorder and be under the care of a child welfare agency.
(10) Considerations of different ways of obtaining informed consent, determining ways of minimizing harm, and justifications for violating the therapeutic obligation are discussed but found unsatisfactory in many respects.
(11) Judge John Burgess told the men that their intention was “to do great harm in a peaceful community”.
(12) Lack of transparency about the nature of the relationship between police and media also led to speculation and perceptions, whatever the facts, that caused "serious harm".
(13) The problem of the achondroplast arises when his surroundings, right from the start, reject his disorder, connoting it with destructive anxiety: this seriously harms the subject's physical image, making him an outcast.
(14) Religious efforts to address the issue have also been complicit in absolving men of their crimes, objectifying women and doing more harm than good with campaigns that blame women for the phenomenon.
(15) Both the observance of occupational limit-values for dusts and other harmful materials at the work place, which have effects on the respiration system, and the medical survey of workers with the use of special methods for examination of respiratory system are necessary.
(16) Changes in the fitness of harmful mutations may therefore impose a greater long-term disadvantage on asexual populations than those which are sexual.
(17) The possibility of being liable if an incompetent student becomes registered and causes harm is also discussed.
(18) Butler was convicted of grevious bodily harm and child cruelty, and sentenced to prison.
(19) Was the Dalkon Shield so harmful in the nulliparous woman?
(20) Education can increase compliance and sometimes modify harmful behavior.
Prejudicial
Definition:
(a.) Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a prejudicial eye.
(a.) Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental.
Example Sentences:
(1) Not only that, it prejudicially and inaccurately links me to a terrorist attack, which the vast majority of Muslims (including myself) believe to be absolutely abhorrent and against the teachings of Islamic principles.
(2) Austin's solicitors, Christian Khan, say their client's case was hampered by highly prejudicial findings by the judge in that case, Mr Justice Tugendhat.
(3) A home secretary can deprive somebody who has dual nationality of their British passport if it is "conducive to the public good" and if they have behaved in a way that is "seriously prejudicial to the vital interests of the UK".
(4) These spinoff programmes, which target key premium audiences, are prejudicially and aggressively scheduled on other ITV channels in which STV has no economic interest."
(5) The integrity of the corneal stroma is prejudicial for the maximum effect of the EGF, in the sense that the deeper the stroma is damaged, the less EGF acts.
(6) Generally speaking therefore, given that we would not want to run the risk of prejudicing someone's right to a fair trial, it is sensible for us to maintain a situation where we restrict comments on pieces once people have been arrested because of the dangers of people posting prejudicial remarks."
(7) Although this complication of streptokinase fibrinolysis seems to be rare, clinicians should be aware of it and not confuse the allergic reaction with that of another drug, the withdrawal of which could be prejudicial for the patient.
(8) The model, "Differences + Discomforts = Discoveries," inhibits factionalizing and promotes depth of knowledge about underserved groups as well as personal awareness of prejudicial feelings.
(9) My intent was not to be prejudicial but for blacks to enjoy this freedom.
(10) In response Maguwu gave himself up and was charged with publishing falsehoods prejudicial to the economic interests of the state.
(11) Jurors were discharged following what the defence said was an "avalanche" of prejudicial media reports after the Milly verdicts, and the charge was ordered to lie on file.
(12) These viruses seems to be prejudicial to the pregnant woman and to the fetus.
(13) The cessation of reproductive function in the undernourished woman represents an adaptive phenomenon, since pregnancy would be prejudicial both to her and the fetus.
(14) But people facing persecution have a legal right to seek asylum, and the nature of their arrival is mandated in law not to be prejudicial to their claim or treatment.
(15) A press statement about the panel members said: "They were selected on the basis that they have no prejudicial interest in climate change and climate science, and for the contribution they can make to the issues of the review."
(16) Response categories lacked objective or parallel phrasing, response lists were not rotated, and the ordering of items appeared prejudicial.
(17) Essential was the fear of "degenerated" and socially harmful progeny prejudicial to the existing order.
(18) But Australia’s peak telecommunications bodies and individual telcos have raised objections, among them: Internet providers would be required to reveal details about their business decisions, internal operations and IT infrastructure; There are few, if any, limits on new powers that would allow the attorney general to shut down telecommunications services in circumstances where they are “prejudicial to security”; Providers would struggle under the cumulative weight of data retention, mandatory breach notification, copyright laws and now the latest security measures.
(19) Although there is a general agreement on the significance of pre- and perinatal risk factors in the etiology of epilepsy, the etiological relevance of individual prejudicial factors has not been clarified in detail.
(20) These findings suggest that the lifestyle specific to imprisonment might overcome the prejudicial effect of risk factors such as alcohol, tobacco, or drug abuse that tend to be common among prisoners.