[ˈadvəːs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- preventing success or development; harmful; unfavourable
(e.g: taxes are having an adverse effect on production)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French advers, from Latin adversus ‘against, opposite’, past participle of advertere, from ad- ‘to’ + vertere ‘to turn’. Compare with averse