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Webster 1913 Edition

Detrimental

Detˊri-men′tal

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Adj.

Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful.

Syn. – Injurious; hurtful; prejudicial; disadvantageous; mischievous; pernicious.

Webster 1828 Edition

Detrimental

DETRIMENTAL

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Adj.

Injurious; hurtful; causing loss or damage.

A spirit of speculation may be detrimental to regular commerce.

Definition 2024

detrimental

detrimental

English

Adjective

detrimental ‎(comparative more detrimental, superlative most detrimental)

Causing damage or harm.
Smoking tobacco can be detrimental to your health.

Synonyms

(causing damage or harm): harmful, injurious; see also Wikisaurus:harmful

Antonyms

(causing damage or harm): beneficial

Related terms

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Translations

causing damage or harm

Arabic: ضَارّ ‎(ḍārr)
Bulgarian: вреден (bg) ‎(vreden), увреждащ (bg) ‎(uvreždašt)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 有害的 (zh) ‎(yǒuhài de)
Danish: skadelig (da)
Dutch: schadelijk (nl)
Esperanto:
Finnish: vahingollinen (fi), haitallinen (fi)
French: nuisible (fr), néfaste (fr)
Georgian: საზიანო ‎(saziano)
German: schädlich (de), abträglich (de)
Hebrew:

Hungarian: ártalmas (hu), káros (hu)
Irish: aimhleasach, díobhálach, dochrach
Italian: dannoso (it)
Japanese: 害する (ja) ‎(がいする, gai suru), 損なう ‎(そこなう, sokonau), 有害な (ja) ‎(ゆうがいな, yūgai na)
Korean: 해로운 (ko) ‎(haeroun)
Norwegian: skadelig
Portuguese: danoso (pt), prejudicial (pt)
Romanian: dăunător (ro), vătămător (ro)
Russian: вре́дный (ru) ‎(vrédnyj), вредоно́сный (ru) ‎(vredonósnyj)
Spanish: dañino (es)
Swedish: skadlig (sv)
Turkish: zararlı (tr)

External links

detrimental in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
detrimental in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911