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detrimental
Meaning: harmful or damaging to something
detrimental in a sentence
How detrimental is used in real sentences:
Skipping sleep before the exam proved detrimental to his performance.
Excessive screen time can be detrimental to a child's sleep habits.
“By the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, reformers began to denounce exclusive privileges publicly, arguing that restrictions were detrimental to free commerce because they discouraged new competitors.”
— from the passage Beyond the Gates
“Such maneuvers were detrimental to families awaiting fuel and food, since each manufactured delay pushed assistance deeper into winter.”
— from the passage The Sealed County Papers
“Air temperatures within the seed chambers remained safe, yet warmer rock outside was detrimental to the passive cooling on which the original design depended.”
— from the passage The Thawing Refuge
Synonyms for detrimental
Other words for detrimental — harmful, damaging and injurious — carry the same meaning.
- harmful
- damaging
- injurious
Antonyms of detrimental
Words that mean the opposite of detrimental:
- beneficial
- advantageous
Where it comes from
From Latin detrimentum "a rubbing off, loss, damage"
Memory hook
DETRI-MENTAL -- damage that leaves a lasting mental scar.
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