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detrimental

/ˌdɛtɹɪˈmɛntəl/adjective4 syllables

Detrimental means: (sometimes followed by ‘to’) causing harm or injury.

Synonyms for detrimental8

adjective, as in (sometimes followed by ‘to’) causing harm or injury

damaging, prejudicial, prejudicious, harmful

also used for detrimental

injurious, deleterious, hurtful, inimical

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What does detrimental mean?1

adjective

1

(sometimes followed by ‘to’) causing harm or injury“damaging to career and reputation”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with detrimental?26

three syllables

parentaljudgmental

five syllables

environmentalexperimentaldevelopmental

6 syllables

intercontinentalintergovernmental
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Detrimental in a sentence

  • Lack of sleep is detrimental to your health.Ergulis
  • Rodrigo's nitwit policies are detrimental to the country's progress.Amastan
  • Surrounding oneself with negative influences can be more detrimental than being alone.Nuel
  • Building up too much stress has a detrimental effect on your health.brightblackhole
  • He's detrimental to the health of the company.zogwarg
  • Exercise caution, as your choices may result in detrimental effects that cannot be easily undone.Nuel
  • It's not detrimental, but not beneficial either.anzart
  • Mathematics is not detrimental to the appetite.unknown

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