Detrimental

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  • adjective. Causing damage or harm; injurious.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Injurious; hurtful; causing harm or damage.
  • Synonyms Prejudicial, disadvantageous, mischievous, pernicious.
  • noun. See the extract.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful.
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  • adjective. Causing damage or harm.
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  • adjective. (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury
    • Word Usage
    "I understand that abuse of the system will have long-term detrimental effects."
    Equivalent
    harmful  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Occidental  Oriental  accidental  coincidental  compartmental  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    adverse  advisable  antagonistic  beneficial  conducive  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    adverse  antagonistic  bad  baleful  baneful  
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