Etymology

From damage +‎ -ingCategory:English terms suffixed with -ing (participial)#DAMAGING.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdæmɪd͡ʒɪŋ/Category:English 3-syllable words#DAMAGINGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DAMAGING

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• Hyphenation: damag‧ing

Adjective

damaging (comparative more damaging, superlative most damaging)Category:English lemmas#DAMAGINGCategory:English adjectives#DAMAGINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DAMAGINGCategory:Pages with entries#DAMAGINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DAMAGING

1. Causing damage; harmful, injurious.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:harmful

   Antonyms: beneficial, undamaging

   • 2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly‎, volume 189, number 6, page 1:

     One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools […] as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.

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   • 2022 October 26, “Over two million Cambodian children exposed to constant heatwaves, says Unicef”, in The Star‎:

     Heatwaves are especially damaging to children, as they are less able to regulate their body temperature compared to adults, the statement said, adding that the more heatwaves children are exposed to, the greater the chance of health problems including chronic respiratory conditions, asthma, and cardiovascular diseases.

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Noun

damaging (plural damagings)Category:English lemmas#DAMAGINGCategory:English nouns#DAMAGINGCategory:English countable nouns#DAMAGINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DAMAGINGCategory:Pages with entries#DAMAGINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DAMAGING

1. gerund of damageCategory:English gerunds#DAMAGING: an act of causing damage.
   • 1855, Charles Dickens, Household Words:

     That immortal creature had gone over the proofs with great pains — had of course taken out the stiflings — hard-plungings, lungeings, and other convulsions — and had also taken out her weakenings and damagings of her own effects.

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Verb

damagingCategory:English non-lemma forms#DAMAGINGCategory:English verb forms#DAMAGINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DAMAGINGCategory:Pages with entries#DAMAGINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DAMAGING

1. present participle and gerund of damage