1
as in unfavorable
opposed to one's interests
all the adverse publicity really caused the movie star's popularity to suffer
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as in detrimental
causing or capable of causing harm
the adverse effects of the drug are too severe to allow it to be marketed
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Recent Examples of adverse
To minimize the risk of adverse reactions, Dobos recommends performing a patch test before introducing kojic acid into your routine.
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Deanna Pai, Allure, 12 Mar. 2025
Its plain purpose is to bully those who advocate points of view that the President perceives as adverse to the views of his Administration.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025
City officials decided the pilot program was limited enough to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act, but staff is watching to see whether the spray has any adverse effects on local plants and animals.
—Tyler Faurot, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
That refers to giving patients important information, including possible risks or benefits of a medical treatment, such as adverse events associated with shots.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 9 Mar. 2025
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Deanna Pai, Allure, 12 Mar. 2025
Its plain purpose is to bully those who advocate points of view that the President perceives as adverse to the views of his Administration.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025
City officials decided the pilot program was limited enough to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act, but staff is watching to see whether the spray has any adverse effects on local plants and animals.
—Tyler Faurot, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
That refers to giving patients important information, including possible risks or benefits of a medical treatment, such as adverse events associated with shots.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adverse
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Rising economic concerns in the United States, spurred by President Trump’s tariff implementation, are creating an unfavorable market environment.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, about Vice President JD Vance, 44% of Americans polled have an unfavorable opinion, 33% rated him favorably and 23% had no opinion.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
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In addition to losing the benefits for our kids, this loss of funds is a huge blow to community farmers and ranchers and is detrimental to school meal programs struggling to manage rising food and labor costs.—
Khaleda Rahman,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Musk’s Twitter purchase was a bad deal financially and has been detrimental to X’s bottom line, but his ownership of the platform helped boost his cultural and political relevance by keeping him in the center of the news cycle.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2025
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Recent polls have consistently shown Trump's approval rating declining, with one poll last week showing that his net approval rating turned negative for the first time since returning to the White House.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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The more popular metric is that a recession is two straight quarters of negative economic growth, although in fact there's more to it than.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2025
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Test results from Consumer Reports found potentially harmful chemicals in roughly half of the formula products.—
Geoff Harris,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Mar. 2025
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This can be extremely harmful to the lungs of at-risk people, including children whose lungs are still developing, pregnant women, older adults and those with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or diabetes, according to the American Lung Assn.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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Amid the ongoing negotiations over a potential peace deal between Ukraine and Russia amid their ongoing war, Trump has spoken favorably of Putin while having a sometimes openly hostile relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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Bill Belichick's 24-year-old cheerleader girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, posted a screenshot of a hostile exchange with an Instagram user who criticized the couple's relationship Friday.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
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The National Weather Service predicted severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and a few tornadoes in the afternoon and evening across parts of the Ohio Valley into the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2025
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That meant a cocktail of damaging offensive droughts, an inability to control ball-handlers off the dribble, an inability to stop sustained runs, too many offensive rebounds and put-backs by the opponent, mindless turnovers and second half collapses.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2025
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Paved highways meant dangerous going for horse and rider, and her only mishap of the trip would come at Portland, when Goldie slipped on rain-slick pavement and fell on his rider and broke her leg, resulting in a delay of several weeks.—
Ben East,
Outdoor Life,
14 Mar. 2025
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Part of this season’s focus has been on building his partnership with Murphy, whose primary attacking role is to find Isak in dangerous areas, and encouraging his team-mates to involve the striker whenever possible.—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Jayson Tatum kept the Celtics in the game most of the night with 33 points, eight assists and eight rebounds, but Brown had one of his worst games of the year with just 10 points.—
Jay King,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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However, most heating processes will do this to some extent, and there is no substantial evidence to suggest microwaving is worse than any other, unless heating at a particularly high temperature.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Adverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adverse. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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