そこなう【損なう】 harm; hurt; damage; do damage to; spoil; ｛文｝ injure; vitiate; mar ¶感情を損なう　 hurt [offend] a person; hurt a person's feelings /健康を損なう　 ruin [lose] one's health /美観を損なう　 spoil [｛文｝ mar] the beauty of ‖この町では景観を損なう建物の建築は禁止されている.　 In this city unsightly buildings are forbidden.

―そこなう【…損なう】 ¶…し損なう　 <しないで終わる> fail to do; miss doing; <危く…する> almost [nearly] do; come near (to) doing /当て損なう　 guess wrong /言い損なう　 make a slip of the tongue (失言する); forget to say (言い忘れる) /　いいそこなう ‖5 時半の列車に乗り損なった.　 I missed the 5:30 [five-thirty] train. /昼食を食べ損なった.　 I missed lunch.