Injurious meaning

ĭn-jo͝or'ē-əs
Offensive or abusive; slanderous or libelous.
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The definition of injurious is something that could cause harm to a person or their reputation, or that is offensive or abusive.

When you make false accusations that someone is a thief and damage his reputation, this is an example of injurious remarks.

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Causing or tending to cause injury; harmful.

Eating habits that are injurious to one's health.

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Offensive or insulting; hurtful.

Made injurious statements about his rival.

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Injuring or likely to cause injury; harmful.
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Causing or tending to cause injury; harmful.

Eating habits that are injurious to one's health.

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Offensive or insulting; hurtful.

Made injurious statements about their rivals.

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Causing harm to one's reputation; slanderous, libelous, invidious.
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Origin of injurious

Injurious Sentence Examples

  • Harris, Insects injurious to Vegetation (Boston, U.S., 2nd ed., 1852); C. L.

  • The native methods in vogue in Brazil and Mexico are primitive and often injurious to the tree.

  • Bourne (24), the poison exuded by the sting has no injurious effect on another scorpion nor on the scorpion itself.

  • In return for these privileges the lord was liable to forfeit his rights if he neglected to protect and defend the tenant or did anything injurious to the feudal relation.

  • Whilst objecting to the prevention of the export of wool, he proposes a tax on that export as somewhat less injurious to the interest of growers than the prohibition, whilst it would "afford a sufficient advantage" to the domestic over the foreign manufacturer.

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