pernicious
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“But when things are mostly right but sometimes wrong, that’s the most pernicious one.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
“In an environment where you’re fighting for a promotion … It’s just a further incentive to agents to engage in this kind of activity. So it’s pernicious on multiple levels.”
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
High borrowing costs, he said, have had a pernicious impact on lower-income consumers without producing clear gains in inflation.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
A similarly pernicious logic has insulated law enforcement from legal accountability for generations.
From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026
The reasoning behind the rule is not pernicious: the lawmakers presumed that a prison visit would negatively affect the sensitive psyches of children.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing pernicious
Romeo and Juliet
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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