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The phrase "are less benign" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is not as harmless or kind as it may seem, often in a comparative context.
Example: "While some species of insects are beneficial to the ecosystem, others are less benign and can cause significant damage to crops."
Alternatives: "are more harmful" or "are more malevolent."
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I strongly suspect, however, there are less benign, and more commercial, reasons.
These sound highly desirable, but other potential uses of sensors are less benign.
Even before that, they will have to prove they can be sustainably profitable, even when credit conditions are less benign.
Some measures of inflation are less benign than Mr Greenspan's favourite, the personal consumption deflator excluding food and energy.
However some businesses, such as restaurants, may now feel relieved.The politics of the change are less benign.
And although superstar firms may have become dominant through competitive means, they may cement their position using methods that are less benign.
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Sometimes, though, it is less benign.
The other message was less benign.
Other teachers, they related, were less benign.
Finally, the broader economic and geopolitical situation is less benign.
But this time technology's impact may be less benign".
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