Damaging
['dæmɪdʒɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; 'negative criticism' .
(adj.) (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; 'damaging to career and reputation'; 'the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant' .
Typist: Osborn--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Damage
Edited by Edith
Examples
- That's abominable of you, Socrates; you take the words in the sense which is most damaging to the argument. Plato. The Republic.
- He made a damaging effect, and has great influence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Further, he often sees damaging letters produced in evidence and has occasion to reflect that it was a green thing to write them. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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