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prej·u·di·cial    Audio Help   [prej-uh-dish-uhl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < LL praejūdiciālis; see prejudice, -al1]

prej·u·di·cial·ly, adverb
prej·u·di·cial·ness, noun
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prej·u·di·cial    Audio Help   (prěj'ə-dĭsh'əl)  Pronunciation Key 
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.

prej'u·di'cial·ly adv., prej'u·di'cial·ness n.
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prejudicial

adjective
1. (sometimes followed by 'to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant" [syn: damaging
2. tending to favor preconceived ideas; "the presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes in the white population" 

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Main Entry: prej·u·di·cial
Pronunciation: "pre-j&-'di-sh&l
Function: adjective
: having the effect of prejudice: as a: tending to injure or impair rights <such a transfer would be prejudicial to other creditors> b : leading to a decision or judgment on an improper basis <theevidence was excluded because it was more prejudicial than probative>

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Prejudicial

Prej`u*di"cial\, a. [L. praejudicialis belonging to a preceding judgment: cf. F. pr['e]judiciel.]

1. Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a prejudicial eye. [Obs.] --Holyday.

2. Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental. --Hooker.

His going away . . . was most prejudicial and most ruinous to the king's affairs. --Clarendon. -- Prej`u*di"cial*ly, adv. -- Prej`u*di"cial*ness, n.

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