detrimental
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
- detrimentality noun
- detrimentally adverb
- detrimentalness noun
- nondetrimental adjective
- nondetrimentally adverb
- predetrimental adjective
- undetrimental adjective
- undetrimentally adverb
Etymology
Origin of detrimental
Example Sentences
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“You need to play a long game, not this short game that has been so detrimental,” she said.
"Some age-related changes that look detrimental -- like slower tissue repair -- may actually be necessary compromises that prevent something worse: the complete depletion of the stem cell pool," Rando said.
From Science Daily
Generally, you also have to show that you took actions or, in fact, chose not to do something, based on this promise that was detrimental to you financially.
From MarketWatch
"These often have added chemicals, flavourings, stabilisers and glues, are often lacking many real nutrients and could have a detrimental effect on someone's health," she said.
From BBC
The American Property and Casualty Insurance Assn., a national trade group, said it was reviewing the bill closely and warned it could have a detrimental effect on the market.
From Los Angeles Times
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