Word of the Week #4

Word:
noxious (nok-shuh s)

Original Sentence:
"It has accordingly been decided by the practice of the States, that it is better to leave a few of its noxious branches to their luxuriant growth, than, by pruning them away, to injure the vigor of those yielding the proper fruit."

Zelezney, John D. Cases in Communications Law. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth, 2007.

Definitions:
–adjective
1. harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being
2. morally harmful; corrupting; pernicious

New Sentence:
In most classrooms there are always a few noxious students that make the learning process much harder for those that are trying to get something positive out of the experience.

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