detrimental

[ de-truh-men-tl ]
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adjective
  1. causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.

noun
  1. a detrimental person or thing.

Origin of detrimental

1
First recorded in 1650–60; detriment + -al1

Other words from detrimental

  • det·ri·men·tal·i·ty, det·ri·men·tal·ness, noun
  • det·ri·men·tal·ly, adverb
  • non·det·ri·men·tal, adjective
  • non·det·ri·men·tal·ly, adverb
  • pre·det·ri·men·tal, adjective
  • un·det·ri·men·tal, adjective
  • un·det·ri·men·tal·ly, adverb

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How to use detrimental in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for detrimental

detrimental

/ (ˌdɛtrɪˈmɛntəl) /


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

Derived forms of detrimental

  • detrimentally, adverb

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