Hyphenation of deleterious

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word deleterious? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

dele-te-ri-ous

Definitions of deleterious:

1.	Harmful to living things Deleterious chemical additives

Synonyms of deleterious:

adj	hurtful, injurious, harmful

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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