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ill effect, ill-effect
[ill a. 5, effect n. 1.]
(Usually in pl.) A harmful or deleterious effect, an unpleasant consequence.
1675in McHutchin & Quirk Isle of Man Charities (1831) 6 The mean provision of the Clergy in that Isle, and the ill effects which necessarily attend upon the same. 1704Hist. Man xlvii. 195 Envy, and the ill Effects of it. 1767A. Young Farmer's Lett. People 193 It has a very ill effect upon our tillage. 1845Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Mag. I. 174 Equal ill effect, either from his liking the Princess too much, or too little. 1884W. Pye Surg. Handicraft 531 One year after the accident he..could go to a ball and dance every dance without any ill effects. 1923R. Lynd Blue Lion xxi. 162 It would be mere perversity to quarrel with these [dishes] because there are no ill-effects from eating them. 1971J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxii. 294 Any genes that confer reproductive advantage early in life will be selected, even if they are pleiotropic and have ill-effects later. |