Prejudicial
[predʒʊ'dɪʃ(ə)l] or [,prɛdʒu'dɪʃl]
Definition
(adj.) tending to favor preconceived ideas; 'the presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes in the white population' .
Edited by Adela--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a prejudicial eye.
(a.) Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental.
Typist: Patricia
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Hurtful, mischievous, injurious, detrimental, deleterious, damaging, disadvantageous.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Harmful, hurtful, injurious, disadvantageous,[See HARMLESS]
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Examples
- As the emotions of the soul prevent any subtile reasoning and reflection, so these latter actions of the mind are equally prejudicial to the former. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I fear that the incident must have a very prejudicial effect upon his career. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- In this state of feeling, it is not to be expected that he would deliberate much as to whether his advance was or was not prejudicial to others. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Physicians maintained that travel through tunnels would be most prejudicial to health. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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