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    detrimental
    /ˌdɛtrɪˈmɛntl/

    adjective

    • 1. tending to cause harm: "recent policies have been detrimental to the interests of many old people"

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  2. Detrimental means causing harm or damage, especially to something or someone. Learn how to use this formal adjective in sentences with synonyms, antonyms and translations.

  3. The meaning of DETRIMENTAL is obviously harmful : damaging. How to use detrimental in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Detrimental.

  4. Detrimental means causing harm or damage, such as detrimental effect or impact. Learn more about this formal adjective, its synonyms, opposites, and usage examples from various sources.

  5. Anything detrimental hurts, hinders, or puts a damper on something. Detrimental things do damage. Have you ever heard "Smoking may be detrimental to your health" and wondered what it meant?

  6. Detrimental means causing harm or injury; harmful. Find the pronunciation, translation, and examples of detrimental in different contexts and languages.

  7. detrimental (to somebody/something) harmful synonym damaging. the sun’s detrimental effect on skin. The policy will be detrimental to the peace process. This move could be seriously detrimental to the economy. Emissions from the factory are widely suspected of having a detrimental effect on health. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Join us.

  8. Detrimental means harmful or damaging to something else. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences, find synonyms and related words, and explore its origin and usage in British and American English.