prejudicial
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prej·u·di·cial
(prĕj′ə-dĭsh′əl)adj.
1. Causing or tending to cause harm, especially to a legal case: a prejudicial error.
2. Showing or full of prejudice; biased: a prejudicial opinion.
prej′u·di′cial·ly adv.
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prejudicial
(ˌprɛdʒʊˈdɪʃəl)adj
causing prejudice; detrimental or damaging
ˌprejuˈdicially adv
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prej•u•di•cial
(ˌprɛdʒ əˈdɪʃ əl)adj.
causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin]
prej`u•di′cial•ly, adv.
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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" |
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prejudicial
adjective harmful, damaging, undermining, detrimental, hurtful, unfavourable, counterproductive, deleterious, injurious, inimical, disadvantageous eight years in jail for actions considered prejudicial to security
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prejudicial
adjectiveExhibiting bias:
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prejudicial
[ˌpredʒʊˈdɪʃəl] ADJ → perjudicial (to para) it would be prejudicial to her career → sería perjudicial para or perjudicaría a su carreraCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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prejudicial
adj → abträglich (→ to sth einer Sache dat); to be prejudicial to a cause → einer Sache (dat) → schaden; to be prejudicial to somebody’s interests → jds Chancen gefährden
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