detriment
- loss, damage, disadvantage, or injury.
- a cause of loss or damage.
Origin of detriment
Synonym study
Related Words for detriment
loss, harm, mischief, handicap, disability, damage, hurt, liability, drawback, prejudice, disservice, injury, impairment, marringExamples from the Web for detriment
Contemporary Examples of detriment
There seems to be so much pressure to reinvent the wheel these days, to a detriment when it comes to TV programming.
But according to Rob Lowe, a man who possesses all of these qualities, being too pretty as an actor is actually a detriment.
We take our cultural icons very seriously, often to both their detriment and ours.
In geopolitics, this is where regions or states fracture into smaller, mutually-hostile units to the detriment of all.
I really like jackets, and tend to buy them to the detriment of my need of all the other items.
Historical Examples of detriment
This should be skimmed off as it forms, for it is a detriment to the jelly.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
I do not mean that his mind or mental powers are in any way affected to their detriment.
The Old GameSamuel G. Blythe
It may be perfectly true that you can employ it to our detriment.
Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2)Charles James Lever
The attorney cannot determine the relation himself, to his client's detriment.
An Essay on Professional EthicsGeorge Sharswood
Then others who depend on us will indulge theirs, to our detriment and misery.
Daily ThoughtsCharles Kingsley
detriment
- disadvantage or damage; harm; loss
- a cause of disadvantage or damage