How to Use deleterious in a Sentence

deleterious

adjective
  • The drug has no deleterious effects on patients.
  • The chemical is deleterious to the environment.
  • All this killing and death and, yes, remorse has had a deleterious impact on my sleep.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Books will even be pulled off the shelf because they’re judged to be deleterious to public morals.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2016
  • For more than a year and a half, we've been told that the worries of adults have changed the lives of kids in all sorts of deleterious ways.
    — Rick Klein, ABC News, 11 Nov. 2021
  • In this case, the stimulus is real, as are the deleterious effects of stress on the body.
    — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2017
  • Lack of sleep can be deleterious to our health and even be dangerous in some circumstances.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 25 May 2021
  • Sports is the great connector, and in its absence, the effects have been deleterious.
    — Matt Giles, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • In our fame-drunk culture, this indulgence can be deleterious.
    — The Editors, National Review, 6 July 2022
  • This will have a deleterious effect on the bank’s future cross-selling and up-selling success.
    — Ron Shevlin, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The salt is having a more deleterious impact, the scientists say.
    — Jane Perlez, New York Times, 28 May 2016
  • This is how a taboo breaks down, with deleterious effects on due process for victims of rape and abuse, both in court and in everyday snap judgments.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 27 June 2019
  • That words cause stress, and stress prolonged over time causes trauma, and that has deleterious physical effects on us.
    — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 7 Feb. 2023
  • But a number of studies from around the world have shown that even lower levels can have major deleterious effects on brain function.
    — Noah Smith, Twin Cities, 21 July 2019
  • There are still issues with the Under Armour brand that are deleterious to revenue.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 6 Feb. 2025
  • But the rise of benzos has also had deleterious effects in a country that is still in the grips of a deadly opioid epidemic.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2022
  • What Trump is doing is far more deleterious to democracy than what McAuliffe said.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 26 Oct. 2021
  • On top of these changes to our natural environment, and arguably more deleterious, are changes to our social norms.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2021
  • There is no one-size-fits-all drugs for pain management, and many come with deleterious side effects or unknown efficacy.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 1 Mar. 2023
  • These trends come as there has been increasing social awareness of the deleterious effects of alcohol on health.
    — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Among advanced countries, the EU engaged in the most deleterious of such policies.
    — Harry G. Broadman, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
  • More and more scientific studies have shown the range of deleterious effects that may result from overuse social media.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Most of us have heard of Lyme disease but know little of the disease or its potential deleterious effects.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 8 June 2023
  • The study used two methods to test the hypothesis that subconcussive hits are deleterious to brain function, as well.
    — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Now, some will point out that because of how quickly it was developed, there is no way to definitively prove that the vaccine will have no deleterious effects down the line.
    — Isaac Schorr, National Review, 10 Dec. 2020
  • And over time, stress has been shown to have a deleterious impact on our overall health, increasing our risk of heart disease, diabetes and obesity.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The city’s efforts have deleterious practical effects, too.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
  • When adults refuse to grow and transform, the effects are deleterious on an individual’s, as well as a family’s, health and well-being.
    — Lisa Deaderick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Fauci fully admits that the nation as a whole cannot afford to stay closed forever because of the deleterious consequences.
    — Nsikan Akpan, National Geographic, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The deleterious effect of Huawei and Honor’s separation last year is clear.
    — Basil Kronfli, Wired, 7 Nov. 2021

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