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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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What is the opposite of benefit? By this I mean if it is used like this: The villagers benefited from the new trade treaty how would I say it in the opposite.
  

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Anonymous The villagers benefited from the new trade treaty. The villagers were [harmed / hurt] by the new trade treaty. CJ

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous The villagers benefited from the new trade treaty.
  • The villagers were [harmed / hurt] by the new trade treaty.
  • CJ
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AnonymousThe villagers benefited from the new trade treaty.
The villagers were [harmed / hurt] by the new trade treaty.

CJ
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Anonymous What is the opposite of benefit? By this I mean if it is used like this: The villagers benefited from the new trade treaty how would I say it in the opposite.
It depends on how much they were affected. (some examples below)

The villagers were (somewhat)(quite)(very) inconvenienced by the new trade treaty.
The villagers suffered from the
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