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done more harm than good

done more harm than good is the past participle of do more harm than good.

Meaning of do more harm than good

Verb

do more harm than good (third-person singular simple present does more harm than good, present participle doing more harm than good, simple past did more harm than good, past participle done more harm than good)

  1. To make a situation worse, usually while trying to make it better.
    • Finally, it appears that Pius was asked by some persecuted Jews to avoid an explicit condemnation because it would do more harm than good2002, José M. Sánchez, Pius XII and the Holocaust: Understanding the Controversy, page 117

Questions about done more harm than good

What is done more harm than good the past participle of?
Done more harm than good is the past participle of do more harm than good.

Words near done more harm than good in the dictionary

  1. done it tough
  2. done it up brown
  3. done justice
  4. done like a dinner
  5. done lunch
  6. done more harm than good
  7. done nothing
  8. done numbers
  9. done off
  10. done one's bit
  11. done one's business

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