do more harm than good
idiom
: be more harmful than helpful
He thinks the treatment may do more harm than good.
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Implemented too soon, new levies could do more harm than good without strong domestic infrastructure.
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
For people who worry easily or don’t have the means to afford out-of-pocket follow-up care, a whole-body MRI may do more harm than good.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
While maintaining connections can open doors, holding onto toxic, unproductive relationships do more harm than good.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Withholding a life-saving vaccine would be unethical and would do more harm than good.
—Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
For people who worry easily or don’t have the means to afford out-of-pocket follow-up care, a whole-body MRI may do more harm than good.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
While maintaining connections can open doors, holding onto toxic, unproductive relationships do more harm than good.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Withholding a life-saving vaccine would be unethical and would do more harm than good.
—Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
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“Do more harm than good.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do%20more%20harm%20than%20good. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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