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   In·ju·ri·ous

   /inˈjo͝orēəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. causing or likely to cause damage or harm: "high temperature is injurious to mangoes"
   • ▪ (of language) maliciously insulting; libelous.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French injurieux or Latin injuriosus, from injuria ‘a wrong’ (see injury).

   Derivatives

   • 1. injuriously adverb
   • 2. injuriousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • J

     8

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • S

     1

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