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prejudicial

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prej·u·di·cial  (prj-dshl)
adj.
1. Detrimental; injurious.
2. Causing or tending to preconceived judgment or convictions: Jurors were told not to read the newspapers to avoid being exposed to prejudicial publicity for the defendant.

preju·dicial·ly adv.
preju·dicial·ness n.

prejudicial [ˌprɛdʒʊˈdɪʃəl]
adj
causing prejudice; detrimental or damaging
prejudicially  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.prejudicial - (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant"
harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
2.prejudicial - tending to favor preconceived ideas; "the presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes in the white population"

prejudicial
adjective harmful, damaging, undermining, detrimental, hurtful, unfavourable, counterproductive, deleterious, injurious, inimical, disadvantageous eight years in jail for actions considered prejudicial to security
Translations
prejudicial [ˌpredʒʊˈdɪʃəl] ADJperjudicial (to para) it would be prejudicial to her careersería perjudicial para or perjudicaría a su carrera
prejudicial [ˌprɛdʒʊˈdɪʃəl] adjpréjudiciable
prejudicial to sth → préjudiciable à qch
prejudicial
adjabträglich (→ to sth einer Sache dat); to be prejudicial to a causeeiner Sache (dat)schaden; to be prejudicial to somebody’s interestsjds Chancen gefährden
prejudicial [ˌprɛdʒʊˈdɪʃl] adj prejudicial (to)pregiudizievole (per or a)
prejudicial [ˌprɛdʒʊˈdɪʃl] adj prejudicial (to)pregiudizievole (per or a)


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From the name of my patron, indeed, I hope my reader will be convinced, at his very entrance on this work, that he will find in the whole course of it nothing prejudicial to the cause of religion and virtue, nothing inconsistent with the strictest rules of decency, nor which can offend even the chastest eye in the perusal.
"Senor," replied Sancho, "let your worship send all such oaths to the devil, for they are very pernicious to salvation and prejudicial to the conscience; just tell me now, if for several days to come we fall in with no man armed with a helmet, what are we to do?
The members of the confederacy are expressly restricted from entering into compacts prejudicial to the empire; from imposing tolls and duties on their mutual intercourse, without the consent of the emperor and diet; from altering the value of money; from doing injustice to one another; or from affording assistance or retreat to disturbers of the public peace.
 
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