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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. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDETRIMENTAL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    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. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › detrimentalDetrimental Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Detrimental means obviously harmful or damaging to something specified. See synonyms, examples, word history, and usage of detrimental as an adjective and a noun.

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  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryDETRIMENTAL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    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.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › detrimentalDetrimental - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    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?

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › detrimentaldetrimental adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    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.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDETRIMENTAL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Detrimental means harmful or damaging to something else. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences, synonyms, pronunciation and grammar.

  9. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › detrimentalDETRIMENTAL Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words -...

    Find 90 words that mean causing or capable of causing harm, such as harmful, damaging, or deleterious. Learn how to use detrimental and its synonyms in sentences and see examples of contrast with antonyms.