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detrimental

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det·ri·men·tal  (dtr-mntl)
adj.
Causing damage or harm; injurious.
detri·mental·ly adv.
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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"
detrimental
adjective damaging, destructive, harmful, adverse, pernicious, unfavourable, prejudicial, baleful, deleterious, injurious, inimical, disadvantageous << OPPOSITE beneficial
Translations
Spanish detrimental [dɛtrɪˈmɛntl] adj → perjudicial
French detrimental [dɛtrɪˈmɛntl] adj detrimental to → préjudiciable or nuisible à
German detrimental [dɛtrɪˈmɛntl] detriment adj to be detrimental to → schaden +dat
Italian detrimental [dɛtrɪˈmɛntl] adj detrimental to → dannoso/a a, nocivo/a a
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But should they have such children as some persons usually have, it will be very detrimental.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
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.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
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