how to pronounce harmful

/ˈhɑːɹmfəl/

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harmful is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of harmful in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… since cows are the most harmful type of …”

meanings of harmful

adjective:

Of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious.

harmful frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word harmful occurs in english on average 7.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics harmful can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that harmful can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;