The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word NOXIOUS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result NOXIOUS
- Just after rising up Sioux, maltreated, harmful
- Perhaps brave to swap sides after earlier refusal is harmful
- It’s deadly with no end to tax and debts
- We French embracing axiom: being unclothed is bad for you
- Deadly beast on island is captured by common sense
- Unwholesome sense about Times and Indy
- Foul where old team breaks common sense
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What does NOXIOUS mean?
NOXIOUS adjective- Harmful; injurious.