The phrase "a more damaging effect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing the severity of effects in different contexts, such as discussing consequences or impacts of actions or events.
Example: "The new policy has a more damaging effect on the environment than the previous one."
Alternatives: "a greater harmful impact" or "a more detrimental outcome."
"But, overall, a more damaging effect may be what we refer to as lingering emotional disturbances that people may have after seeing something particularly upsetting.
Cooling transients are predicted to control damage and crack initiation at the inner bore, whereas heating transients are predicted to have a more damaging effect at weld locations.
Dawkins then backtracks by adding, "...violent, painful, repeated sexual abuse...probably has a more damaging effect on a child's mental well-being than sincerely believing in hell".
However, the pro-inflammatory status during DM and aging seems to have a more damaging effect on diverse disease states including cognitive decline.
The formation of MGO might be a possible mechanism that causes repeated glucose spikes to have a more damaging effect than high fasting or mean glucose levels on endothelial cells and the development of vascular complications.
A lack of snow last winter had an even more damaging effect, said Rengenier Rittersma, a Dutch researcher at the European University Institute in Florence, and a leading truffle authority.
While the Consumer Reports survey was focused on measuring broader customer satisfaction, there is a strong correlation between customer satisfaction and trust and any trust erosion has a far more damaging effect.
The ban on American trade and investment has a far more damaging effect.
Under similar circumstances, eruptions exceeding VEI 3 4 could have a much more damaging effect.
But because they solve problems without much involvement from the user's brain, they end up having a much more damaging effect on people, especially young people, than we might have guessed.
The long-term study which followed a group of over 1,000 people from birth to the age of 38 has produced the first convincing evidence, say scientists, that cannabis has a different and more damaging effect on young brains than on those of adults.
