damging

People are addicted to stupid or damging activities instead of enriching their minds with books.

Thoughts on Writing 2.0 2008

For insecure, vunerable individuals, speech can be very damging.

"How have students become these self-righteous ‘young authoritarians’? " Ann Althouse 2006

There will doubtless be difficult moments for the leadership in Manchester - some tough and damging things said at fringe meetings, and motions from the trade unions.

Express & Star 2008

Hopefully he does not suffer the equally damging prejudice of ignorant people who discirminate against him be telling him the version “You don’t look disabled ...”

The Volokh Conspiracy » My Yale Law Journal Pocket Part Essay on Regulatory Takings and the Poor: 2007

If you read uncommon descent the idea seems to be that a) all biological research that invokes engineering principles is ID research, and b) many of the people who do this kind of research really don’t believe in evolution, but won’t admit it for fear of damging their careers.

Upcoming ID meeting at Cold Spring Harbor - The Panda's Thumb 2006