What does deleterious mean?
: harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way deleterious effects deleterious to health.
How do you pronounce deleterious UK?
Here are 4 tips that should help you perfect your pronunciation of ‘deleterious‘: Break ‘deleterious‘ down into sounds: [DEL] + [UH] + [TEER] + [EE] + [UHS] – say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them.
How do you use deleterious in a sentence?
harmful to living things. 1, These drugs have a proven deleterious effect on the nervous system. 2, Petty crime is having a deleterious effect on community life. 3, The cold weather had most deleterious consequences among the chrysanthemums.