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Antonyms for more beneficial

Grammar : Adj
Spell : ben-uh-fish-uhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˌbɛn əˈfɪʃ əl


Definition of more beneficial

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "helpful, advantageous," from Middle French bénéficial and directly from Latin beneficialis "pertaining to a favor," from beneficium (see benefice). Related: Beneficially.
  • adj advantageous
Example sentences :
  • On the whole, I think my hobby is more beneficial to you than yours is profitable to me.'
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • Our physician said nothing could be more beneficial to her than such a campaign.
  • Extract from : « Twenty Years of Hus'ling » by J. P. Johnston
  • The simpler the diet, on the whole, the more beneficial it is likely to be.
  • Extract from : « Your National Parks » by Enos A. Mills
  • Time effected that end, perhaps, in a more beneficial manner.
  • Extract from : « Wieland; or The Transformation » by Charles Brockden Brown
  • Therapeutically, there is nothing that could be more beneficial to the human system.
  • Extract from : « Valere Aude » by Louis Dechmann
  • Nobody could tell whether it would be more beneficial to the manufacturers than to the wool- and hemp-growers.
  • Extract from : « The Middle Period 1817-1858 » by John William Burgess
  • The use of imagination in science has never been more aptly illustrated nor more beneficial than in his case.
  • Extract from : « Life of Charles Darwin » by G. T. (George Thomas) Bettany
  • Intellectual food is like any other; it is pleasanter and more beneficial to take it with a spoon than with a shovel.
  • Extract from : « A Tramp Abroad, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Nothing is more beneficial to roses than a frequent digging and stirring of the soil around them.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Roses » by Francis Parkman
  • Truth is more beneficial than untruth; and gentleness than cruel behaviour.
  • Extract from : « Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1 » by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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