Causing great harm
pernicious \pur-NISH-uhs\ (adjective) - Causing great harm; deadly; wicked.
"After his visit to management's floor, Dave came to the conclusion that the bulk of them were the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the Earth."
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin perniciosus, from pernicies (complete destruction), from per- (thoroughly) + nici-, from nex (destruction).
"After his visit to management's floor, Dave came to the conclusion that the bulk of them were the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the Earth."
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin perniciosus, from pernicies (complete destruction), from per- (thoroughly) + nici-, from nex (destruction).
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