Meaning of the word adverse in English
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adverse
US /ædˈvɝːs/
UK /ædˈvɝːs/
Adjective
1.
preventing success or development; harmful; unfavorable
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The company faced adverse economic conditions.
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Smoking has many adverse effects on health.
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adversity is a great schoolmasteradversity makes strange bedfellowsadversity and loss make a man wiseprosperity makes friends, and adversity tries thema dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicinein times of prosperity, friends will be plenty; in times of adversity, not one in twenty