harmfulness

ˈhɑrmfəlˌnəs

Definition

Definition of harmfulness - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

general meaning

TECH.

quality of causing damage or injury

TECH.

The harmfulness of smoking is well-documented.

damage

detriment

injuriousness

degree of effect

TECH.

degree to which something is harmful

TECH.

Researchers studied the harmfulness of various pollutants.

detriment

toxicity

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Origin of harmfulness

Old English, hearm (injury) + ful (full of) + -ness (state of)

Terms with harmfulness included in their meaning

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toxicity

medical

grave harmfulness or deadliness

injuriousness

harmfulness

quality of causing damage or harm

noxiousness

harmfulness

quality of being harmful or poisonous

virulency

medical

extreme harmfulness of a microorganism causing disease

Examples of harmfulness in a sentence

Researchers are studying the harmfulness of certain chemicals.
The harmfulness of smoking is well-documented.
They debated the harmfulness of processed foods.

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French:nocivité, ...
German:Schädlichkeit, Schädlichkeitsgrad, ...
Italian:nocività, ...
Spanish:perjuicio, daño, ...
Portuguese:nocividade, grau de nocividade, ...
Chinese:有害性, 危害程度, ...
Japanese:有害性, 有害性の程度, ...
Arabic:ضَرَرِيَّة, مدى الضرر, ...
Hebrew:מַזִּיקוּת, מִידַת מַזִּיקוּת, ...
Russian:вредность, степень вредности, ...
Ukrainian:шкідливість, ступінь шкідливості, ...
Hindi:हानिकारकता, हानि की डिग्री, ...
Bengali:ক্ষতিকরতা, ক্ষতির মাত্রা, ...
Catalan:nociu, grau de nociu, ...
Czech:škodlivost, ...
Danish:skadelighed, skadelighedsgrad, ...
Dutch:schadelijkheid, schadelijkheidsniveau, ...
Greek:βλαβερότητα, βαθμός βλαβερότητας, ...
Hungarian:károsság, ártalmasság, ...
Khmer:ភាពបង្កគ្រោះថ្នាក់, កម្រិតគ្រោះថ្នាក់, ...
Korean:해로움, 유해 정도, ...
Persian:زیان, میزان آسیب, ...
Polish:szkodliwość, stopień szkodliwości, ...
Portuguese (BR):nocividade, grau de nocividade, ...
Romanian:nocivitate, grad de nocivitate, ...
Swedish:skadlighet, skadlighetsgrad, ...
Thai:อันตราย, ระดับความเป็นอันตราย, ...
Turkish:zararlılık, zarar derecesi, ...
Vietnamese:tác hại, mức độ gây hại, ...

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