Beneficial


conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful:
the beneficial effect of sunshine.
Law.

helpful in the meeting of needs:
a beneficial association.
involving the personal enjoyment of proceeds:
a beneficial owner.

Contemporary Examples

Unite, Don’t Divide, The Palestinians Brent E. Sasley November 19, 2012
The Enlightenment Diet Bruce Feiler September 26, 2009
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Twitchy! Michelle Malkin’s Phony War Tom Doran April 9, 2013
Your Probiotic Is Probably B.S. Carrie Arnold June 24, 2014

Historical Examples

Thunder and Lightning Camille Flammarion
A Treatise on Parents and Children George Bernard Shaw
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Grover Cleveland
Her Father’s Daughter Gene Stratton-Porter
Ontario Teachers’ Manuals: Nature Study Ontario Ministry of Education

adjective
(sometimes foll by to) causing a good result; advantageous
(law) entitling a person to receive the profits or proceeds of property: a beneficial interest in land
adj.

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