Deleterious

Deleterious

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bad; harmful; unfortunate;

something causing damage or injury.

I avoid cookies because they are deleterious to my diet.

Memory trick:
deleterious reminds of delete
a delete is something we lose

At work:
The termination clause makes this a deleterious contract. We can't sign it.

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