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Is there a way to tell InDesign not to break words in a Paragraph? (hyphenation)

I am pasting this text into a text box in InDesign, I have a Paragraph Style set for that box and I am using "Justify with last line aligned left" (you can see in the screenshot, the red circles)

The problem is that I want to know if there is a way that the words in the text don't get breaked in two in between the lines. If the word doesn't fit at the end of the row I want it to go on the next row, not to break into syllabes like in the screenshot I took.

I hope there is a way to do this automaticly. But if there isn't... is it bad practice to leave it like that? should I manually push the words to the next row or can I leave it like that, breaked into syllabes? [you can see the screenshot here if it doesn't appear in the question]

EDIT:

I just wanted to add something for others, like me, who are not native English speakers. The term I was looking for was hyphenation, and is probably common in most programs. I did not know this term so I couldn't even ask the question properly or search for help.

There is a checkbox(Hyphenate) in the Paragraph window in InDesign. The Paragraph Styles window also has a Hyphenation tab with several options. Hopefully this edit will be useful for non-native English speakers like me.

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Flavius Frantz
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