Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality or state of being noxious or hurtful; hurmfulness; perniciousness: as, the noxiousness of foul air.
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- noun the state of being
noxious
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- noun the quality of being noxious
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Examples
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The dangers of such Light Tea is that at first it seems rather bland and doesn't call much attention to itself, which means that people may little or no attention to its ultimate noxiousness.
Paul Stoller: Light Tea In Pennsylvania Paul Stoller 2012
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The dangers of such Light Tea is that at first it seems rather bland and doesn't call much attention to itself, which means that people may little or no attention to its ultimate noxiousness.
Paul Stoller: Light Tea In Pennsylvania Paul Stoller 2012
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The dangers of such Light Tea is that at first it seems rather bland and doesn't call much attention to itself, which means that people may little or no attention to its ultimate noxiousness.
Paul Stoller: Light Tea In Pennsylvania Paul Stoller 2012
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The dangers of such Light Tea is that at first it seems rather bland and doesn't call much attention to itself, which means that people may little or no attention to its ultimate noxiousness.
Paul Stoller: Light Tea In Pennsylvania Paul Stoller 2012
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I mention the actual word, the word itself, because the current substitute doesn't come near to capturing the noxiousness of the original.
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I mention the actual word, the word itself, because the current substitute doesn't come near to capturing the noxiousness of the original.
Murder by Metaphor 2010
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Or else, it just didn't rise to the societal level of noxiousness that sexism does.
Rabbi David Wolpe: Why Wasn't Gibson's Anti-Semitism Enough? 2010
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This is really another instance of Hillary contriving more garbage or increasing its noxiousness to throw at Obama.
New Obama Ad In Pennsylvania Hits Back At Hillary Over "Small Town" Flap 2009
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I venture that Davis 'noxiousness approaches Mark Penn territory.
Hillary Supporter Lanny Davis: Howard Dean Should Resign If He Nixed North Carolina Debate 2009
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On his route to the ruins he witnessed melancholy evidence, in the condition of the surface and population, of the improvidence and noxiousness of
International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 Various
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