harmful effect
collocation in Englishmeaningsofharmfulandeffect
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harmful
adjective
uk/ˈhɑːm.fəl/us/ˈhɑːrm.fəl/
causing ...
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effect
noun
uk/ɪˈfekt/us/əˈfekt/
the result of a ...
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(Definition ofharmfulandeffectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thus, early neglect may result in a number of different maladaptive outcomes, or it may, in some instances, have no obviousharmfuleffect.
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Nonmalfeasance refers to the potential for certain technologies to produce a netharmfuleffecton patients.
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These data indicate that equine oocytes with compact cumuli can be held in roscovitine before maturation without anyharmfuleffecton blastocyst formation.
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In heterozygotes, theharmfuleffectof these relatively mild mutations was reduced approximately fivefold.
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Smoking has aharmfuleffecton arterial-wall properties.
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For the dynamic model, a variable structure control approach is employed to minimize theharmfuleffectof the wheel slip on the tracking performance.
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I have not heard that there exists any evidence that these banned growth promoters have anyharmfuleffecton the human body.
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Another major pollutant, not generally recognised, relates to theharmfuleffectof artificial electromagnetic fields on public health.
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There is certainly no evidence whatsoever of anyharmfuleffectfrom water with a fluoride content of the level which is adopted in fluoridation.
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It seeks to establish a principle that is breached in practice and apparently to noharmfuleffect—some might say to beneficial effect.
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Finally, criminalisation will not of itself remedy theharmfuleffectof unlawful development.
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In the longer run, and in socially and politically advanced countries, this means accelerating inflation, with itsharmfuleffecton class and professional harmony.
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Concern was also expressed about theharmfuleffecton development of military expenditure, which is constantly increasing.
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It is the different status of different parts of the education system in this country which sometimes has aharmfuleffect.
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These strategies certainly have aharmfuleffecton economic growth, on the distribution of wealth, and consequently, on employment.
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Reduced prices for tobacco increase consumption and have aharmfuleffecton public health.
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Nor should it be forgotten that planning policy in one direction often has an unwanted andharmfuleffectin another way.
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We believe that this is an important issue which affects certain industries and which could have aharmfuleffecton relations within those industries.
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The restriction has had aharmfuleffecton commercial life, especially as many of our industrial centres are linked by motorways.
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