Noxious (adj)
nok-shus
Harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being. / Morally harmful, corrupting.
1605–15; from Latin noxius harmful, hurtful, injurious, equivalent to nox, harm, hurt, injury (akin to nocēre to do harm, inflict injury)
Example sentences
“It’s going to take a lot to turn around the noxious attitudes that are prevailing.”
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