Sentence examples for downright harmful from inspiring English sources

They are being downright harmful.

Integration into the Middle East seemed like a trivial, if not a downright harmful, fantasy.

Some innovations are better than others, however, and some are downright harmful.

"It is downright harmful, because it creates a false sense of security... Complete bullshit.

They are wasteful and inexact, he points out, often marginally beneficial to the group and downright harmful to the individual.

Sometimes bad science is downright harmful, and in the chapter titled "The Doctor Will Sue You Now," the usually affable Dr. Goldacre is indeed angry, and rightly so.

Eating disorders are the deadliest mental illness, and for individuals who have the genetic predisposition -- "black and white" messaging surrounding food can be harmful and downright dangerous.

Aren't some new religions harmful, hateful, distasteful, and downright wacky?

Critics have already called the program everything from "harmful" and "dangerous" to "downright irresponsible," but it's hard to believe that anyone would care enough to even bother complaining about it.

While Iran had long known US sanctions could be harmful, it realised that US sanctions backed by international cooperation could be downright lethal.

Implicit in Mr. Rich's lament and my own pursuit of Wasserstein's essential truths is the notion that secrets are inevitably harmful and the desire for privacy somehow suspect, and neurotic, if not downright nefarious.