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side effect

noun as in adverse or unwanted secondary effect

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But millions of rules result in perpetual error, and, as a terminal side effect, make leadership and accomplishment illegal.

“It was a weird side effect of the cold medicine,” he told me once.

It helps to maintain good posture while doing this—a nice side effect.

One predicted side effect of inflation is primordial gravitational waves: twisty ripples in the structure of the Universe.

Halpern prescribes the medi-meth for patients who get recurrent urinary-tract infections—a side effect from Adderall or Ritalin.

Any complex system is sport for a hacker; a side effect of this is the hacker's natural affinity for problems involving security.

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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to side effect, such as: aftereffect, reaction, aftermath, aftertaste, by-product, and carry over.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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