Detrimental
[,detrɪ'ment(ə)l] or [,dɛtrɪ'mɛntl]
Definition
(a.) Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful.
Typist: Lottie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Injurious, hurtful, mischievous, pernicious, prejudicial.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Injurious, hurtful, pernicious
ANT:Beneficial, profitable, augmentative
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Examples
- Previously wines had been preserved by the addition of alcohol, which made them both dearer and more detrimental to health. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In the passion of their good intentions they have not hesitated to conceal facts, suppress thought, crush disturbing initiatives and apparently detrimental desires. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I wondered how many other clerks there were upstairs, and whether they all claimed to have the same detrimental mastery of their fellow-creatures. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- This passion is detrimental to me; for you do not reflect that you are the cause of its excess. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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