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harmfulness

DEFINITIONS OF: harmfulness

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n destructiveness that causes harm or injury

Synonyms:
injuriousness
Types:
insidiousness
subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease)
virulence, virulency
extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease)
Type of:
destructiveness
the quality of causing destruction

n the quality of being noxious

Synonyms:
noisomeness, noxiousness
Type of:
morbidity, morbidness, unwholesomeness
the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
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