harmfulness

Examples

• All

• Scientists studied the harmfulness of various chemicals in household products on children's health.

• For example, loan officers operating in the subprime market recognized that many consumers would sign any loan agreement offered to them, regardless of the harmfulness of the terms.

  Academic text (2016)

• The problem with the private car is that, despite its environmental harmfulness, society has become excessively dependent on it.

  Academic text (1990)

• According to these data, older social workers are more concerned about psychotropic medication's potential harmfulness to youths.

  Academic text (2006)

• Until recently, the epidemiology of tobacco use has focused on the harmfulness of tobacco, particularly cigarettes, rather than on relative harmfulness.

  Academic text (2010)

• Following this concept, each pollutant is rated according to its harmfulness and assigned a PE index value greater or less than the reference emission, which is assigned the value 1.

  Academic text (1998)

• Once identified, evaluation of the effectiveness or harmfulness of negative coping patterns can be addressed, leading to the elimination of negative coping patterns.

  Academic text (2006)

• The relative numbers of cases of sexual impropriety have increased dramatically over the decades, a reflection of the growing awareness of the harmfulness of boundary violations and the evolution of the NASW Code of Ethics and related professional standards.

  Academic text (2009)

• The guide included topics such as perceptions of new tobacco products (e.g., harmfulness relative to cigarettes and potential as quit aids) and experiences with these products.

  Academic text (2012)

• Public health campaigns aim to raise awareness about the harmfulness of smoking and its effects on the body.

Synonyms

D

danger

vsharmfulness

∞ 1.0

A chance that people or things will be harmed

is the quality or state that makes such possibility more likely

T

toxicity

vsharmfulness

• Specialized

39 7.2

How poisonous a substance is to people or animals

is the general potential to cause damage or injury beyond poisoning

D

destructiveness

vsharmfulness

4 6.8

A tendency to cause damage to people or things

is broader, covering any quality that can lead to damage rather than only destruction

D

dangerousness

vsharmfulness

2 6.1

The chance that something will harm people or property

is the general quality of producing damage or risk rather than danger itself

I

injuriousness

vsharmfulness

8.0

The quality of causing harm to people or things

is a general quality of being likely to cause damage or injury

H

hazardousness

vsharmfulness

7.4

A situation likely to cause harm or injury

describes the general tendency to cause damage rather than the presence of risk

N

noxiousness

vsharmfulness

8.9

How harmful or poisonous something is

is the basic quality of causing damage or injury without sensory emphasis

P

perniciousness

vsharmfulness

• Formal

9.9

Great harm that can cause death or serious damage

is the general propensity to cause damage, not necessarily severe or deadly

R

ruinousness

vsharmfulness

8.8

A state that is likely to cause great damage

is the general quality of causing damage, not limited to large scale events

N

noisomeness

vsharmfulness

9.9

A strong unpleasant smell or other harmful quality in a place

is the general potential to cause damage without sensory or offensive focus

Antonyms

S

safety

∞ 1.0

A place or condition that protects you from danger

H

harmlessness

1 3.3

The state of not causing harm or danger

How Harmful

lethality

6 7.5

harmfulness

1 4.8

detriment

39 6.3

danger

∞ 1.0

harmlessness

1 3.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology