prejudicial

[prej-uh-dish-uhl]

prej·u·di·cial

[prej-uh-dish-uhl]
adjective
causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin praejūdiciālis; see prejudice, -al1

prej·u·di·cial·ly, adverb
prej·u·di·cial·ness, noun
non·prej·u·di·cial, adjective
non·prej·u·di·cial·ly, adverb
un·prej·u·di·cial, adjective
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un·prej·u·di·cial·ly, adverb
COLLAPSE

prejudiced, prejudicial.
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Prejudicial is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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prejudicial (ˌprɛdʒʊˈdɪʃəl)
 
adj
causing prejudice; detrimental or damaging
 
preju'dicially
 
adv

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