detrimental Definition
causing harm or damage.
Using detrimental: Examples
Take a moment to familiarize yourself with how "detrimental" can be used in various situations through the following examples!
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Smoking is detrimental to your health.
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The new policy could be detrimental to the company's profits.
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Lack of sleep can be detrimental to your performance at work.
detrimental Synonyms and Antonyms
Antonyms for detrimental
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Summary: detrimental in Brief
The term 'detrimental' [ˌdɛtrɪˈmɛntəl] means causing harm or damage. It is often used to describe things that are harmful to one's health, performance, or profits, as in 'Smoking is detrimental to your health.' 'Detrimental' has formal synonyms like 'harmful' and 'damaging,' and informal ones like 'bad' and 'not good.'
