deteriorative

Adjective

deteriorative (comparative more deteriorative, superlative most deteriorative)

1. Causing deterioration.
   • In this spirit, it is desirable that wars should be considered, not as an evilI whose bitterness may be redeemed by the meretricious glory which sometimes covers its atrocities with a fictitious splendour, but one which is in every way deteriorative of our happiness and prosperity — as subservient...1825, Keith Feiling, The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany 1825-02: Volume 16, Open Court Publishing Company, page 195
   • The first point of inquiry in this case relates to the character of the chemical changes which take place during the combustion of ordinary fuel; the second, to the mechanical adaptations which are required to permit of certain mutual laws coming freely or uninterruptedly into operation. With...1843, Artizan Club, The Artizan, Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, page 211