damaging
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- damagingly adverb
- nondamaging adjective
- nondamagingly adverb
- undamaging adjective
Etymology
Origin of damaging
Example Sentences
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Borough and parish councillors had objected to the site as "environmentally damaging" and because of the amount of light it generated at night.
From BBC
Newcastle players and staff recognised they won't truly be able to make amends for that damaging derby defeat against Sunderland until they meet their bitter rivals again in the reverse fixture in March.
From BBC
Back home in Finland, the prime minister said on Monday making such gestures was "thoughtless and stupid" and that the controversy that ensued was "damaging" to the country.
From BBC
Most existing genetic analysis tools are able to estimate whether a mutation is potentially damaging, but they typically stop there.
From Science Daily
The prime minister has said he will "get to the bottom" of where damaging leaks about the Budget and against his Cabinet are coming from.
From BBC
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