Yahoo Malaysia Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   detriment

   /ˈdɛtrɪm(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. the state of being harmed or damaged: "he is engrossed in his work to the detriment of his married life"
   • ▪ a cause of harm or damage: "such tests are a detriment to good education"

   Word Origin late Middle English in the sense ‘loss sustained by damage’: from Old French, from Latin detrimentum, from detri-, stem of deterere ‘wear away’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • M

     3

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points