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detrimental [ˌdɛtrɪˈmɛntəl] adj
(when postpositive, foll by to) harmful; injurious; prejudicial smoking can be detrimental to health detrimentally adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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 [ˌdɛtrɪˈmɛntəl] 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 detrimental [ˌdɛtrɪˈmɛntl] adj detrimental (to) → dannoso/a (a), nocivo/a (a) to be detrimental to sth → pregiudicare qc How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But should they have such children as some persons usually have, it will be very detrimental. The countess was accustomed to this tone as a precursor of news of something detrimental to the children's interests, such as the building of a new gallery or conservatory, the inauguration of a private theater or an orchestra. Without supposing the personal essentiality of the man, it is evident that a change of the chief magistrate, at the breaking out of a war, or at any similar crisis, for another, even of equal merit, would at all times be detrimental to the community, inasmuch as it would substitute inexperience to experience, and would tend to unhinge and set afloat the already settled train of the administration. |
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