damaging, detrimental, prejudicial, prejudicious
(adjective) (sometimes followed by ‘to’) causing harm or injury; “damaging to career and reputation”; “the reporter’s coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant”
prejudicial, prejudicious
(adjective) tending to favor preconceived ideas; “the presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes in the white population”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
prejudicial (comparative more prejudicial, superlative most prejudicial)
Exhibiting prejudice or bias.
Causing harm or injury; detrimental, harmful or injurious.
(law) Tending to convince based on past history rather than on evidence about the case at hand.
• See also harmful
Source: Wiktionary
Prej`u*di"cial a. Etym: [L. praejudicialis belonging to a preceding judgment: cf. F. préjudiciel.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 March 2025
(noun) small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
