| Pronunciation: | | `prejû'dishul
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[adj] (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant" |
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PREJUDICIAL is a 11 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | damaging, detrimental, harmful, prejudicious |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Prej`u*di"cial\, a. [L. praejudicialis belonging to
a preceding judgment: cf. F. pr['e]judiciel.]
1. Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look
with a prejudicial eye. [Obs.] --Holyday.
2. Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious;
disadvantageous; detrimental. --Hooker.
His going away . . . was most prejudicial and most
ruinous to the king's affairs. --Clarendon.
-- {Prej`u*di"cial*ly}, adv. -- {Prej`u*di"cial*ness}, n.
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