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Pronunciation / Transliteration: prejudicial
"O hábito de fumar é prejudicial à saúde."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Tending to cause harm; injurious.
"Smoking has a detrimental effect on your health."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'detrimentum' meaning 'wear and tear, loss, or damage', from 'deterere' meaning 'to wear away'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Detrimental" is said worldwide
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détrimentaire
Transliteration: détrimentaire
"Cette politique a des effets détrimentaires sur l'économie."
nachteilig
Transliteration: nachteilig
"Stress kann sich nachteilig auf die Gesundheit auswirken."
detrimentale
Transliteration: detrimentale
"Questo comportamento è detrimentale per la sua carriera."
perjudicial
Transliteration: perjudicial
"La contaminación tiene un efecto perjudicial para el medio ambiente."
prejudicial
Transliteration: prejudicial
"O hábito de fumar é prejudicial à saúde."
हानिकारक
Transliteration: haanikaarak
"प्रदूषण स्वास्थ्य के लिए हानिकारक है।"
有害的
Transliteration: yǒuhài de
"这些规定对公司业务有害的。"
해로운
Transliteration: haeroun
"이것은 건강에 해로운 영향을 미칠 수 있다."
有害な
Transliteration: yūgai na
"それは環境に有害な影響を与える。"
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