per·ni·cious
[per-nish-uhs]
adjective
1. causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
2. deadly; fatal: a pernicious disease.
3. Obsolete . evil; wicked.
Pernicious | Define Pernicious at Dictionary.com: But a bias can be real, and pernicious, without being legally actionable.
