Deleterious and Innocuous

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Deleterious adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.

Usage example: nicotine has long been recognized as a deleterious substance

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Innocuous is an antonym for deleterious.

Innocuous adjective - Not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt.

Usage example: those innocuous lies we must tell every day if society is to remain civil

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Deleterious is an antonym for innocuous.

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