deleterious effects• Kinmond and colleagues' study suggests that a short delay may improveoutcome without any obviousdeleterious effects.• These are poor in nutrients and their peaty soils have little capacity to absorb any more acid without deleterious effects.• To date, such monitoring has not revealed any deleterious effects from the limited number of organisms which have been released.• Parental divorce has often been assumed to have deleterious effects on children.
Origindeleterious
(1600-1700)Medieval Latindeleterius, from Greekdeleisthai“to hurt”