\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.