Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Causing damage or harm; injurious.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Injurious; hurtful; causing harm or damage.
- Synonyms Prejudicial, disadvantageous, mischievous, pernicious.
- n. See the extract.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury
Etymologies
- From Medieval Latin *detrimentalis, from Latin detrimentum ("harm"), from deterere ("to rub off, wear"), from de- ("down, away") + terere ("to rub or grab"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I understand that abuse of the system will have long-term detrimental effects.”
The Huffington Post: Andy Schupak: Immigration Law Free-for-All
“In this study we did not see any evidence for a longer-term detrimental influence on child behaviour of mothers working during the first year of life.”
The Guardian: Working mothers do no harm to their young children, research finds
“You have it reversed, detrimental is a (much) farther standard that unfit parenting.”
“Not possible, potential, or probable harm; detrimental is concrete, demonstrable harm or damage, actually causing injury.”
“Further, detrimental is not a standard that money alone can solve in this society.”
“Even researchers who have found that pot use has long-term detrimental effects, like the link to psychosis that was announced earlier this week, tend to qualify their statements by noting that the link is "by no means simple" and arguing that we need a lot more research.”
“That's a good thing, individually, but it can have short-term detrimental effects in an economy that's 70 percent based on consumer spending.”
The Washington Post: April personal income up, spending flat
“Overcrowded classrooms, tens of thousands of children failing academically, all of these things, they have long-term detrimental consequences," he said.”
The Washington Post: Aid groups say they, not Hamas, are thwarted by Israeli restrictions on Gaza
“However, the House vote and the negative US votes at the UN will have long-term detrimental effects both on Israel and on the U. S.\'s moral authority.”
Noura Erakat: Delusional Self-Defense, Delusional Congressional Vote
“However, the House vote and the negative US votes at the UN will have long-term detrimental effects both on Israel and on the U. S.'s moral authority.”
Noura Erakat: Delusional Self-Defense, Delusional Congressional Vote
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
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abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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prelude, ample, escalate, prototype, accession, acquisition, archives, zealot, indict, verdict, intimidating, timid and 454 more...
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TECH - metals and alloys
embrittle, braze, nickel alloy, metallize, Inconel, eutectic, metalize, vapor pressure, corrosion-resistant, alloy, stainless steel, neutron flux and 262 more...
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Rlist
voracious, indiscriminate, steeped, replete, eminent, prognosticate, abound, automaton, paradoxical, chronoloigical, annal, amateur and 81 more...
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06-13 GRE list
churlish, unswear, abnegate, abjure, state, indemnification, adumbrated, reny, abash, recondite, rescission, esoteric and 260 more...
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humpty's list
detrimental, hedonism, exonerate, extemporaneous, labyrinth, diffidence, brazen, celerity, alacrity, bigotry, phantasmagorical, sardonic and 14 more...
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October Words-10033
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bedel, nirvana, colloquialisms, Porcine, proletariat, Xanadu, decorous, bourgeois, unencumbered, gratis, cosseted, Brank and 30 more...
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Harmful
quick, hurtful, ruinous, noxious, destructive, deadly, mischievous, deleterious, baneful, injurious, baleful, malicious and 24 more...
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trope, surreptitious, tenet, insular, munificent, exegesis, limpid, acerbic, litany, cupidity, restive, protract and 260 more...
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Vocab++
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fetid, mezzanine, hiatus, austerity, subliminal, resplendent, implacable, impugn, debase, exiguous, cirque, holster and 2538 more...
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My GRE
concomitant, mendacity, corollary, mandate, ascertain, exacerbate, substantiate, perennial, exemplify, hegemony, acrimonious, repertoire and 653 more...
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amy's GRE 2012
gimmicks, kowtow, unpretentious, skeptical, cynical, somber, prevaricate, equivocate, requisite, embellish, impregnable, procrastinate and 307 more...
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Joshee Word List
gash, engross, entail, stoke, ode, vacillate, aspersion, asperity, clan, kith, prospect, nag and 229 more...
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Spelling Bee list 2011
Abalone, ablution, absolution, aboriginally, abstemious, academician, acclamation, accommodation, acculturation, acetic, acetone, acme and 590 more...
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Des "Deal With It!" Author:Paula White pg.49
Trust God to help you recognize when a relationship is becoming detrimental to your business, your ministry, or the health of your family life. Nov 1, 2010