detrimental

det·ri·men·tal  (dtr-mntl)

adj.

Causing damage or harm; injurious.

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detri·mental·ly adv.

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detrimental [ˌdɛtrɪˈmɛnt^əl]

adj

(when postpositive, foll by to) harmful; injurious; prejudicial smoking can be detrimental to health

detrimentally  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

detrimental - (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant" damaging, prejudicial, prejudicious harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"

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detrimental

adjective damaging, destructive, harmful, adverse, pernicious, unfavourable, prejudicial, baleful, deleterious, injurious, inimical, disadvantageous These foods are considered detrimental to health.
good, helpful, beneficial, favourable, advantageous, salutary, efficacious

Translations

detrimental [ˌdetrɪˈmentl] ADJ → perjudicial (to para)

detrimental [ˌdɛtrɪˈmɛnt^əl] adj [effect] → préjudiciable
to have a detrimental effect on sb/sth → avoir un effet préjudiciable sur qn/qch
detrimental to → préjudiciable à, nuisible à

detrimental

adj (to health, reputation) → schädlich (→ to dat); effect → nachteilig, schädlich (to für); influence → schädlich; (to case, cause, one’s interest) → abträglich (→ to dat); to be detrimental to somebody/something → jdm/einer Sache (dat) → schaden; this could have a detrimental effect → das könnte sich nachteilig auswirken

detrimental [ˌdɛtrɪˈmɛntl] adj detrimental (to) → dannoso/a (a), nocivo/a (a)
to be detrimental to sth → pregiudicare qc