What are the opposite words for beneficial?
The word "beneficial" refers to something that is helpful or advantageous in some way. However, there are several antonyms, or opposites, of beneficial that describe things that are harmful, disadvantageous, or detrimental. Some common antonyms for beneficial include harmful, damaging, negative, disadvantageous, and detrimental. These words are used to describe circumstances, actions, or events that have an unfavorable effect on people or things, rather than a positive one. When we encounter situations or decisions that are not beneficial, it's important to consider their potential drawbacks, and take steps to mitigate any negative consequences.
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- adverse
- bad
- harmful
- baneful
- unproductive
- destructive
- damaging
- useless
- advantageous
- hurtful
- inconvenient
- lethal
- murderous
- pernicious
- pointless
- punitive
- ruinous
- troublesome
- unprofitable
- deadly
- injurious
- prejudicial
- unusable
- worthless
- ridiculous, senseless
- unfavorable, antagonistic
- poor quality
- ruinous, injurious
- hurtful to reputation
- injurious, devastating
- damaging, disadvantageous
- injurious, hurtful
- injurious, cruel
- injurious, dangerous
- bad, hurtful
- harmful, undermining
- concerning punishment
- bothersome, worrisome
- idle, nonproductive
- not profitable
- of no use; without value
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
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adverse
- allergic to,
- down on,
- dis advantageous,
- dis-advantageous,
- down side,
- in opportune,
- in-opportune,
- more oppugning,
- most oppugning,
- un fortunate,
- un friendlier,
- un friendliest,
- un luckier,
- un luckiest,
- un lucky,
- un propitious,
- un willing,
- un-fortunate,
- un-friendlier,
- un-friendliest,
- un-friendly,
- un-luckier,
- un-lucky,
- un-willing.
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bad
- bottom out,
- the pits,
- beastlier,
- cruddy,
- beastliest,
- ill-behaved,
- in pain,
- not good,
- conscience stricken,
- consciencestricken,
- cruddier,
- cruddiest,
- de pressed,
- de-pressed,
- diddlier,
- diddliest,
- dis agreeable,
- dis eased,
- dis obedient,
- dis pleasing,
- dis satisfactory,
- dis tressed,
- dis-agreeable,
- dis-eased,
- dis-obedient,
- dis-pleasing,
- dis-satisfactory,
- dis-tressed,
- godawful,
- grodier,
- grody,
- ill behaved,
- illbehaved,
- in adequate,
- in correct,
- in tense,
- in tenser,
- in-adequate,
- in-tense,
- in-tenser,
- in-tensest,
- junkier,
- junkiest,
- mis behaving,
- mis-behaving,
- more downer,
- more garbage,
- more ill behaved,
- more ill-behaved,
- more misbehaving,
- more troubling,
- most downer,
- most garbage,
- most godawful,
- most ill behaved,
- most ill-behaved,
- most illbehaved,
- most misbehaving,
- most troubling,
- pitser,
- pitsest,
- re probate,
- re-probate,
- sub standard,
- sub-standard,
- un acceptable,
- un favorable,
- un happier,
- un happiest,
- un happy,
- un healthier,
- un healthiest,
- un healthy,
- un pleasant,
- un satisfactory,
- un-acceptable,
- un-favorable,
- un-happy,
- un-healthier,
- un-healthiest,
- un-healthy,
- un-pleasant,
- un-satisfactory,
- up set,
- up-set.
- harmful
- baneful
- unproductive
- destructive
- damaging
- useless
- advantageous
- hurtful
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inconvenient
- embarrassing,
- inconvenient,
- Discommodious,
- Unhandy,
- dis commodious,
- dis-commodious,
- in commodious,
- in convenient,
- in expedient,
- in-commodious,
- in-convenient,
- in-expedient,
- more discommoding,
- more discommodious,
- most discommoding,
- most discommodious,
- re-mote,
- un handier,
- un handiest,
- un handy,
- un manageable,
- un seasonable,
- un suitable,
- un timelier,
- un timeliest,
- un timely,
- un wieldier,
- un wieldiest,
- un wieldy,
- un-handier,
- un-handiest,
- un-handy,
- un-manageable,
- un-seasonable,
- un-suitable,
- un-timelier,
- un-timeliest,
- un-timely,
- un-wieldier,
- un-wieldiest,
- un-wieldy,
- unhandier,
- unhandiest.
- lethal
- murderous
- pernicious
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pointless
- Purportless,
- around circles,
- around in circles,
- going nowhere,
- in consequential,
- in effective,
- in effectual,
- in significant,
- in vicious circle,
- in-consequential,
- in-effective,
- in-effectual,
- more nongermane,
- more purportless,
- most nongermane,
- most purportless,
- needle haystack,
- needle in haystack,
- non germane,
- non-germane,
- nongermane,
- not pertinent,
- on treadmill,
- un availing,
- un interesting,
- un necessary,
- un-availing,
- un-necessary.
- punitive
- ruinous
- troublesome
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unprofitable
- nonprofit,
- unhelpful,
- unremunerative,
- unrewarding,
- Gainless,
- frustaneous,
- more frustaneous,
- more gainless,
- more nonprofit,
- more unhelpful,
- more unlucrative,
- more unremunerative,
- more unrewarding,
- most frustaneous,
- most unhelpful,
- most unlucrative,
- most unremunerative,
- most unrewarding,
- non profit,
- non-profit,
- un fruitful,
- un helpful,
- un lucrative,
- un profitable,
- un remunerative,
- un rewarding,
- un successful,
- un-fruitful,
- un-helpful,
- un-lucrative,
- un-profitable,
- un-remunerative,
- un-rewarding,
- un-successful,
- unlucrative.
- deadly
- injurious
- prejudicial
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unusable
- nonfunctional,
- scrapper,
- unfunctional,
- Unpurposed,
- of no use,
- in competent,
- in operative,
- in-competent,
- in-operative,
- more nonfunctional,
- more unfunctional,
- more unpurposed,
- more unusuable,
- most nonfunctional,
- most unpurposed,
- most unusuable,
- no good,
- non functional,
- non-functional,
- scrappest,
- un available,
- un functional,
- un usable,
- un workable,
- un-available,
- un-functional,
- un-purposed,
- un-usable,
- un-workable,
- unusuable.
- worthless
- ridiculous, senseless
- unfavorable, antagonistic
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poor quality
- bad.
- ruinous, injurious
- hurtful to reputation
- injurious, devastating
- damaging, disadvantageous
- injurious, hurtful
- injurious, cruel
- injurious, dangerous
- bad, hurtful
- harmful, undermining
- concerning punishment
- bothersome, worrisome
- idle, nonproductive
- not profitable
- of no use; without value
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
were one back
- Antonyms:
- aid, discourage, dissuade.
