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Causing, or likely to cause, harm or injury

Not conducive to health

Libelous or maliciously insulting

Immoral or evil in nature

Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen

Harsh, oppressive, and difficult to bear or endure

Socially maladjusted or malignant

Deeply disturbing or distressing

Evil or morally wrong

Not based on or behaving according to the principles of justice and fairness

Dangerous or hazardous in nature

Affected with, or causing, physical discomfort or pain

Arousing or meriting strong disgust, aversion, or displeasure

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Adjective

Causing, or likely to cause, harm or injury

disadvantageous

unfavourable^UK

counterproductive

environmentally unfriendly

life-threatening

uncomplimentary

evil-intentioned

jeopardizing^US

jeopardising^UK

mutually harmful

mutually destructive

highly contagious

highly infectious

highly infective

rapidly spreading

ill-intentioned

confrontational

dripping with malice

accidentally on purpose

earth-shattering

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“A publication may be age-restricted if it is likely to be injurious to the public good.”

Adjective

Not conducive to health

environmentally unfriendly

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“Food injuries may lie described as any disturbance of health brought about by a faulty or injurious diet.”

Adjective

Libelous or maliciously insulting

misrepresentative

scandalmongering

unsubstantiated

dishonouring^UK

uncomplimentary

unfavourable^UK

full of contempt

straightforward

straight from the shoulder

high and mighty

on your high horse

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“Common law provides a remedy for injurious falsehoods, actions that are sometimes known as business disparagement lawsuits.”

Adjective

Immoral or evil in nature

uncompassionate

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“Consciousness of consequences or of wrongdoing, of course, does not require injurious intent or motive.”

Adjective

Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen

unfavourable^UK

suggestive of evil

disadvantageous

counterproductive

environmentally unfriendly

life-threatening

earth-shattering

fire-and-brimstone

uncomplimentary

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Adjective

Harsh, oppressive, and difficult to bear or endure

unfavourable^UK

full of hardship

life-threatening

overextravagant

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Adjective

Socially maladjusted or malignant

Adjective

Deeply disturbing or distressing

heart-wrenching

demoralising^UK

demoralizing^US

poverty-stricken

unfavourable^UK

anxiety provoking

extremely upsetting

antagonizing^US

antagonising^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

emotionally moving

arousing affect

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Adjective

Evil or morally wrong

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

not quite right

under-the-table

unconscientious

under suspicion

against the law

Mephistophelian

good-for-nothing

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

beyond contempt

potentially illegal

potentially dishonest

double-crossing

mysterious-looking

strange-looking

of doubtful honesty

open to question

unauthorized^US

insurrectionary

unauthorised^UK

under-the-counter

under the table

contrary to law

in violation of law

against the rules

under the counter

without law and order

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Adjective

Not based on or behaving according to the principles of justice and fairness

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

disproportionate

beyond the pale

unsportsmanlike

double-crossing

under-the-table

against the law

against the rules

out of all proportion

contrary to the rules

cloak-and-dagger

under the table

under the counter

economical with the truth

terminologically inexact

not entirely truthful

overextravagant

hole-and-corner

playing politics

not straightforward

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Adjective

Dangerous or hazardous in nature

jeopardising^UK

jeopardizing^US

life-threatening

hanging by a thread

fraught with danger

playing with fire

Russian roulette

hanging in the balance

on a slippery slope

on slippery ground

on collision course

full of upheavals

potentially violent

unfavourable^UK

full of hardship

hanging by thread

full of problems

beset by problems

open to question

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Adjective

Affected with, or causing, physical discomfort or pain

feeling uncomfortable

giving someone gyp

giving someone trouble

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Adjective

Arousing or meriting strong disgust, aversion, or displeasure

stomach-turning

stomach-churning

beyond the pale

very unpleasant

very disgusting

highly improper

strong-smelling

stinking to high heaven

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