detrimental

Meanings

• Adjective

  Causing harm or damage; harmful.

  - "The use of tobacco is detrimental to one's health."
  - "Detrimental actions often lead to negative consequences."

• Adjective

  Prejudicial to the interests of.

  - "The company's new policy is detrimental to the workers."
  - "Detrimental effects on the environment can be devastating."

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Antonyms

beneficial

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Synonyms

harmful , injurious

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with detrimental
harmonial , charmial , calamital , altruital

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Variants

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detrimental , detrimentally , detrimentals

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'detrimentum', meaning 'damage' or 'harm'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'detrimental' has 10 letters.

2. In the English language, 'detrimental' is a homograph, meaning it has the same spelling as another word but different meanings.

3. The term 'detrimental' is often used in legal and business contexts to describe actions that are harmful to others.

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Related Concepts

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1. Harmful: A term used to describe something that causes harm or damage.

2. Adverse: A term used to describe something that is harmful or unfavorable.

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Quotes

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1. In context, the word "corruption" summarized the opinion (set forth in some of the books mentioned in the review) that, as a general matter, the growing financial dependence of the medical profession on the pharmaceutical industry is profoundly "detrimental" to sound public, medical, and scientific policy.

   - {it}New York Review of Books{/it},12 Feb. 2009

2. Healthy people can harbor Klebsiella to no "detrimental" effect; those with debilitating conditions, like liver disease or severe diabetes, or those recovering from major surgery, are most likely to fall ill.

   - Jerome Groopman,{it}New Yorker{/it},11 & 18 Aug. 2008

3. Unfortunately, tourism, along with dynamite fishing and poaching, has proved "detrimental" to the park's coral reefs, mangrove complexes, coastal wetlands and marine species.

   - {it}Nature Conservancy Landmarks{/it},Fall 2003

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Culture

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Detrimental has been used in various contexts throughout literature and history. In literature, it is often used to describe the negative consequences of certain actions or situations. In history, it has been used to describe the harmful effects of wars, natural disasters, and other catastrophic events.

How to Memorize "detrimental"

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2. associate
   

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3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Detrimental is damaging to' to remember the meaning of the word.

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