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injuriousness

injuriousness

8.0
The quality of causing harm to people or things
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈdʒʊəriəsnəs/
translation icon : perjudicialidad
  • She learned about the injuriousness of neglecting her mental health during stressful times.

Examples

  • The injuriousness of pollution to wildlife has sparked numerous environmental protection initiatives.

  • Both of these sets of references imply extreme unwisdom, injuriousness, or injustice in impeding or even interfering with its natural movement.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The injuriousness of smoking is well-documented, as it can lead to serious health issues.

Synonyms

destructiveness
vsinjuriousness
4 6.8

A tendency to cause damage to people or things

covers harm and injury more broadly, not only physical destruction
dangerousness
vsinjuriousness
2 6.1

The chance that something will harm people or property

focuses on actual causing of harm rather than the state of danger
harmfulness
vsinjuriousness
1 4.8

How much something can hurt people, animals, or things

is about causing harm directly rather than only being likely to do so

Antonyms

helpfulness
3 2.3

Willingness to support other people

How Harmful

lethality
6 7.5
injuriousness
8.0
harmlessness
1 3.3

Surface Forms

injuriousness singular
injuriousnesses plural

Morphology

injuriousness = injurious (transparent) = injure + ous + ness

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'injurious', which itself is transparently related to the verb 'injure'.

Etymology

Injuriousness comes from the word injure ('to harm' or 'to hurt') plus the endings -ous ('full of') and -ness ('the state or quality of'). So, injuriousness is the 'state of being harmful' — the quality of causing damage or injury.