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detrimental

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"Harmful"

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˌdɛtɹɪˈmɛntəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted adeeilmnrttStarts with DEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (sometimes followed by ‘to’) causing harm or injury

Word origin

From Medieval Latin *dētrīmentālis, from Latin dētrīmentum (“harm”), from dēterō (“to rub off, wear”), from dē- (“down, away”) + terō (“to rub or grab”).

Used in a sentence

  • Smoking tobacco can be detrimental to your health.
  • It agrees that redundant services should not be continued but is not unmindful of the fact that too much retrenchment of rail services now may ultimately prove detrimental to the economy of the country.
  • The definition of a parasite is a microbe that lives in you or on you to its benefit and to your detriment. In other words, the detrimentals suck the life out of you.

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