damaging

Adjective

damaging (comparative more damaging, superlative most damaging)

1. Causing damage; harmful, injurious.
   • One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1
   • Heatwaves are especially damaging to children, as they are less able to regulate their body temperature compared to adults, the statement said, adding that the more heatwaves children are exposed to, the greater the chance of health problems including chronic respiratory conditions, asthma, and...2022 October 26, “Over two million Cambodian children exposed to constant heatwaves, says Unicef”, in The Star

   Synonyms:

   harmful, deleterious, detrimental, hurtful, inimical, injurious, mischievous, nocent, nocuous, noxious

   Antonyms:

   beneficial, undamaging