Detrimental
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌdɛtɹɪˈmɛntəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Detrimental is an adjective meaning Causing damage or harm.
Meaning
Causing damage or harm.
More Meanings
- Anything harmful.
Example Sentences
Smoking tobacco can be detrimental to your health.
I'm afraid it may be the detrimentals, the poets, and æsthetes, and impressionist painters, who will rave about her.
The definition of a parasite is a microbe that lives in you or on you to its benefit and to your detriment. In other words, the detrimentals suck the life out of you.
It agrees that redundant services should not be continued but is not unmindful of the fact that too much retrenchment of rail services now may ultimately prove detrimental to the economy of the country.
Word Forms
- detrimentals
Synonyms for detrimental
Depending on context, synonyms include harmful, damaging, injurious, deleterious, hurtful, inimical.
Antonyms for detrimental
Common opposites include beneficial.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include damaging, harmful, prejudicial, prejudicious, injurious, hurtful.
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