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Narrator: Today's word is "Noxious" — adjective, pronounced /ˈnɒkʃəs/, with the stress on "nox".
Narrator: Noxious means harmful, poisonous or very unpleasant.
Narrator: In plain English, it means nasty and dangerous.
Narrator: It comes from Latin noxius, from noxa, harm.
Narrator: A common collocation is "noxious fumes", which describes harmful gases.
Narrator: It differs from "toxic", because noxious can also mean just very unpleasant.
Narrator: In a second sense, "noxious weeds" are plants harmful to farming.
Narrator: Health, environment, farming and law use the word.
Narrator: So remember: noxious means harmful.
Speaker A: Why is the factory closed?
Speaker B: NOXIOUS fumes leaked! From Latin noxa, harm.
Speaker A: Anyone hurt?
Speaker B: Thankfully not.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Noxious gases from the fire", safety. "A noxious smell", drains. "Noxious weeds spread fast", farming.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Leave any area with noxious fumes and call for help.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Toxic is its cousin, poisonous its twin, and harmful an alternative — yet noxious keeps its warning edge!
Speaker B: Let's use "noxious" in AI prompts — useful for safety alerts and environmental data.
Speaker A: How for safety?
Speaker B: Alerts.
Prompt: Write a building alert telling staff to evacuate because of noxious fumes.
Speaker A: And environment?
Speaker B: Data.
Prompt: Flag hours when noxious gas readings exceed safe limits in this data.
Speaker A: Could it help farming?
Speaker B: Yes, for weeds.
Prompt: List common noxious weeds in the UK and how to control them.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Cleaning.
Prompt: Warn which household cleaners create noxious gases when mixed.
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