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most beneficial

ADJECTIVE

advantageous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

benign constructive favorable good helpful profitable useful valuable

WEAK

favoring gainful good for what ails you healthful propitious salubrious salutary serviceable toward what the doctor ordered wholesome worthy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad disadvantageous disagreeable harmful hurtful hurting injurious unhelpful useless worthless

WEAK

unfortunate unrewarding

Example Sentences

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Students know what to expect from each course and which materials are most beneficial to study to do well on their assignments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

The committee said fare caps were most beneficial to people in rural areas, as they tended to take longer journeys or had to use multiple buses for one trip.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2025

Although the fluoridation of public water that he opposes can benefit everyone, it’s consistently found to be most beneficial to people with low incomes or who live in rural areas.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2025

When Ohtani played for the Angels last year, what was most beneficial to the team was for him to play almost every game.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2024

Hastily reviewing the past year, however, she could not but see that, on the whole, the news, though incorrect, had been most beneficial to Eileen.

From Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing by Page, Gertrude