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PREJUDICIAL
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
Adjective
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.
Synonyms
• 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
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