On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Deleterious. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as hurtful or injurious and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Deleterious in a sentence
Deleterious meaning
- Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way.
- Having lower fitness.
Using Deleterious
- The main meaning on this page is: Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way. | Having lower fitness.
- Useful related words include: hurtful, injurious, harmful.
- In the example corpus, deleterious often appears in combinations such as: deleterious effects, the deleterious, have deleterious.
Context around Deleterious
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Deleterious
- In this selection, "deleterious" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, having, obvious, too, impact, effect and consequences stand out and add context to how "deleterious" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include have a deleterious impact on and about the deleterious effect the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "deleterious" sits close to words such as abdulrahman, accessorised and acropolis, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with deleterious
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Deleterious elements are projected to be below penalty level. (9 words)
This is bad and lazy and possibly deleterious to society. (10 words)
Its deleterious consequences on intra-African relations could be huge. (10 words)
David Neal, the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, said a “lack of purposeful activity” at the centre in RAF Wethersfield “was likely to have a deleterious impact on the residents’ mental health” and increased the risk of disorder. (40 words)
But Mr. Trump’s policies and China’s growing global power have emboldened Beijing to be more direct in those messages and to highlight what Chinese officials say are the deleterious effects of American foreign policy. (36 words)
The MDC A is not a developmental advocate entity, but an anti-progress unit driven by third forces – hence the support for deleterious, ruinous, satanic economic sanctions imposed on our Motherland. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Studies have shown that only 7% of point mutations in noncoding DNA of yeast are deleterious and 12% in coding DNA are deleterious.
Sydney Grammar headmaster Richard Malpass said work at the Hakoah Club building site in Paddington was having “deleterious and ongoing dangerous impacts” on the school’s Edgecliff campus.
These include economic security, energy security, cybersecurity, environmental security, health security and food security, which all seek to neutralise different threats and deleterious situations.
Whatever is the routine, stick to it, as long as there are no obvious deleterious consequences.
And sending this kind of message to other countries that hold assets in the EU or US will have a deleterious impact on the attractiveness of doing so.
David Neal, the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, said a “lack of purposeful activity” at the centre in RAF Wethersfield “was likely to have a deleterious impact on the residents’ mental health” and increased the risk of disorder.
Indeed, the omen and ramifications of the hiked cargo clearing forex rate would be too deleterious on the economy—both in the short and long term.
It said that the deleterious impact of weak health systems combined with increasing unpaid health and care work are further straining the health of caregivers and the quality of services.
But Mr. Trump’s policies and China’s growing global power have emboldened Beijing to be more direct in those messages and to highlight what Chinese officials say are the deleterious effects of American foreign policy.
In her submission, Senator Bacik expressed concern that the proposal “will have a deleterious effect on the quality of life for residents in the locality”.
It will be ultimately deleterious to the Marriott, Seven Mile Beach, and the Cayman Islands.
That the expectations of success, unrealised in the preliminary results announced by CXC would have had a deleterious effect on some students is understandable,” the document added.
The deleterious health impacts of use, and also prolonged use of ketone substances are not entirely known; reports suggest that four in 10 Team GB athletes got crook though.
This is bad and lazy and possibly deleterious to society.
Deleterious elements are projected to be below penalty level.
He is also worried about the deleterious effect the law is having on Quebec society.
Its deleterious consequences on intra-African relations could be huge.
Justice Sujatha observed that "Indisputably, liquor is deleterious to the health of mankind.
N.Chamisa is on record saying ruinous, satanic, deleterious economic sanctions will remain in place as long as Zanu P.F. is power….
The MDC A is not a developmental advocate entity, but an anti-progress unit driven by third forces – hence the support for deleterious, ruinous, satanic economic sanctions imposed on our Motherland.
Common combinations with deleterious
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- deleterious effects 14×
- the deleterious 10×
- have deleterious 8×
- deleterious effect 8×
- of deleterious 6×
- deleterious to 5×
- deleterious impact 4×
- deleterious recessive 4×
- deleterious and 3×
- deleterious consequences 3×