Meaning: Causing or capable of causing harm. Context examples: too much sun is harmful to the skin / harmful effects of smoking. Similar: counterproductive (tending to hinder the achievement of a goal) damaging; detrimental; prejudicial; prejudicious ((sometimes followed by 'to') causing harm or injury) ill (resulting in suffering or adversity)
Definition of 'Exclusions'. Definition: Exclusions are the cases for which the insurance company does not provide coverage. These are the conditions excluded from the insured event to avoid losses to the company. Description: Life insurance contracts have certain specified provisions and clauses which have to be fulfilled so that the claim can be considered valid.
Prior to the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, exclusion was the formal term for denial of an alienâs entry into the United States. The decision to exclude an alien was made by an immigration judge after an exclusion hearing. Since April 1, 1997, the process of adjudicating inadmissibility may take place in either an expedited removal process or in removal proceedings before an immigration judge.