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environmentally damaging
/ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəli ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/

environmentally damaging

🇺🇸 American English
/ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəli ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/
🇬🇧 British English
/ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəli ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/
🇷🇺 Russian
[nɐnɐˈsʲaɕːɪj vrʲet ɐkrʊˈʐajɪɕːej srʲeˈdʲe]
Meaning of environmentally damaging

harmful to nature

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Pronunciation/ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəli ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/
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environmentally damaging

environmentally damaging usage examples

🇷🇺Russian🇬🇧English

Пластиковые отходы на пляже — это предметы, наносящие вред окружающей среде.

Plastic waste on the beach is environmentally damaging to wildlife.

🇷🇺Russian🇬🇧English

Разлив нефти — пример явления, наносящего вред окружающей среде, и его трудно убрать.

Oil spills are environmentally damaging and take years to clean up.

Similar words

environmentally damaging

Neutral, general descriptor for causing environmental harm.

environmentally unfriendly

Slightly more colloquial; implies practices or products that are not eco-friendly.

polluting

Focuses specifically on producing pollutants or emissions; narrower than general 'damaging'.

contaminating

Emphasizes contamination of soil, water, or air with harmful substances; more technical.

environmentally destructive

Stronger/clearer tone implying large-scale or potentially irreversible damage.

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environmentally damagingнаносящий вред окружающей среде
seasons of the yearвремена года
springвесна
winterзима
beginначинаться
endзаканчиваться
temperatureтемпература

environmentally damaging synonyms

Related word breakdowns

What's the difference between environmentally damaging / environmentally unfriendly / polluting / contaminating / environmentally destructive / unsustainable

🇬🇧English
environmentally damaging

Neutral, general descriptor for causing environmental harm.

B2Often

The factory's waste disposal practices are environmentally damaging.

Практики утилизации отходов на заводе наносят вред окружающей среде.

E
🇬🇧English
environmentally unfriendly

Slightly more colloquial; implies practices or products that are not eco-friendly.

B2Often

That brand uses environmentally unfriendly packaging.

Этот бренд использует неэкологичную упаковку.

P
🇬🇧English
polluting

Focuses specifically on producing pollutants or emissions; narrower than general 'damaging'.

B2Very Often

Old coal plants are highly polluting.

Старые угольные электростанции сильно загрязняют окружающую среду.

C
🇬🇧English
contaminating

Emphasizes contamination of soil, water, or air with harmful substances; more technical.

B2Often

Industrial runoff is contaminating the river.

Промышленные стоки загрязняют реку.

E
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environmentally destructive

Stronger/clearer tone implying large-scale or potentially irreversible damage.

B2Rarely

The dam project was criticized as environmentally destructive.

Проект плотины критиковали как наносящий разрушительный вред окружающей среде.

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🇬🇧English
unsustainable

Emphasizes practices that cannot be maintained long-term (resource/time perspective) rather than immediate pollution.

B2Very Often

Overfishing is an unsustainable practice that threatens fish stocks.

Перелов рыбы — это несостоятельная в долгосрочной перспективе практика, угрожающая запасам рыбы.

D
🇬🇧English
damaging to ecosystems

More specific: highlights harm to ecosystems, their structure and functions.

B2Rarely

The new road is damaging to ecosystems in the wetland area.

Новая дорога наносит вред экосистемам в районе водно-болотных угодий.

D
🇬🇧English
detrimental to wildlife

Focuses specifically on negative effects on animals and other wildlife.

B2Rarely

Light pollution is detrimental to wildlife in the area.

Световое загрязнение вредно для дикой природы в этом районе.

B
🇬🇧English
biodiversity-harming

Specialized wording emphasizing harm to biodiversity; more technical and specific.

B2Very Rarely

Monoculture plantations are biodiversity-harming in many regions.

Монокультурные плантации вредят биоразнообразию во многих регионах.

R
🇬🇧English
resource-depleting

Emphasizes depletion of natural resources (water, minerals, forests) rather than broader environmental damage.

B2Rarely

Some extraction methods are resource-depleting and unsustainable.

Некоторые методы добычи истощают ресурсы и являются несостоятельными в долгосрочной перспективе.

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environmentally damaging translation: наносящий вред окружающей среде. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

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/ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəli ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/

environmentally damaging translation

наносящий вред окружающей среде

environmentally damaging examples

Plastic waste on the beach is environmentally damaging to wildlife.

environmentally damaging transcription

/ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəli ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/, /ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəli ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/

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environmentally damaging meaning: what does it mean?

harmful to nature

environmentally damaging pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

environmentally damaging is pronounced as /ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmɛntəli ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

environmentally damaging definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

Plastic waste on the beach is environmentally damaging to wildlife. Translation: Пластиковые отходы на пляже — это предметы, наносящие вред окружающей среде.

Is environmentally damaging part of Natural Phenomena vocabulary?

Yes, environmentally damaging (наносящий вред окружающей среде) can be learned in the Natural Phenomena topic. This semantic link helps build related word lists and topic-based practice.

Is environmentally damaging part of Weather and Seasons vocabulary?

Yes, environmentally damaging (наносящий вред окружающей среде) can be learned in the Weather and Seasons topic. This semantic link helps build related word lists and topic-based practice.

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