detrimental

[ de-truh-men-tl ]
/ ˌdɛ trəˈmɛn tl /

adjective

causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.

noun

a detrimental person or thing.

Origin of detrimental

First recorded in 1650–60; detriment + -al1

OTHER WORDS FROM detrimental

Example sentences from the Web for detrimentally

  • Not a man but knew that the losses in defence had been detrimentally disproportionate.

    The Triumph of John Kars |Ridgwell Cullum

British Dictionary definitions for detrimentally

detrimental
/ (ˌdɛtrɪˈmɛntəl) /

adjective

(when postpositive, foll by to) harmful; injurious; prejudicial smoking can be detrimental to health

Derived forms of detrimental

detrimentally, adverb