adverse

Example Sentences

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But on Wednesday, Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook said the development would not have a "significantly adverse" effect on the landscape.

From BBC

But it is expensive: Farms must pay the adverse effect wage rate, a federally set pay rate that is more than twice the regular federal minimum wage.

From Salon

Make sure to find out how the substitute drug is different in terms of effectiveness and adverse effects.

From Los Angeles Times

The graphic images of the whale corpse sparked conversations about the potential "adverse effects on the local $7 billion tourism industry" and "the state's $2.5 billion commercial fishing industry," according to the newspaper.

From Salon

“The perpetrator’s privilege as a wealthy white man contributed to his impunity from adverse official or social consequences for his violence,” the report concluded.

From Washington Post