damaging, detrimental, prejudicial, prejudicious
(adjective) (sometimes followed by âtoâ) causing harm or injury; âdamaging to career and reputationâ; âthe reporterâs coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendantâ
prejudicial, prejudicious
(adjective) tending to favor preconceived ideas; âthe presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes in the white populationâ
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 December 2024
(noun) contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de ChinchinĂĄ (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, ChinchinĂĄ, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
