Detrimental
adjective
Causing harm or damage.
Smoking is detrimental to your health.
Often appears as...
- detrimental effects
- detrimental impact
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Disapproving
adjective
Causing harm or damage.
Smoking is detrimental to your health.
Often appears as...
- detrimental effects
- detrimental impact
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Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Use 'detrimental' when you want to emphasize the negative effects of something.
Uncontrolled tourism has been detrimental to the ancient ruins.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity of Harm
'Detrimental' often implies serious harm or damage, rather than something minor.
The chemical spill was detrimental to the ecosystem.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Tone
'Detrimental' is typically used in formal writing or speech, not in casual conversation.
Researchers have proven that this policy will have detrimental consequences.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Use 'detrimental' when you want to emphasize the negative effects of something.
Uncontrolled tourism has been detrimental to the ancient ruins.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity of Harm
'Detrimental' often implies serious harm or damage, rather than something minor.
The chemical spill was detrimental to the ecosystem.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Tone
'Detrimental' is typically used in formal writing or speech, not in casual conversation.
Researchers have proven that this policy will have detrimental consequences.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Use 'detrimental' when you want to emphasize the negative effects of something.
Uncontrolled tourism has been detrimental to the ancient ruins.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity of Harm
'Detrimental' often implies serious harm or damage, rather than something minor.
The chemical spill was detrimental to the ecosystem.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Tone
'Detrimental' is typically used in formal writing or speech, not in casual conversation.
Researchers have proven that this policy will have detrimental consequences.
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How Sleep Deprived Are...
it could be having a detrimental effect on your life to find out if you're getting the right amount of sleep you could visit your local sleep lab and get tested or you could take this quick quiz is there a good chance you'll doze off if you sit down and read a book how likely would it be for you to snooze if you were traveling in the passenger seat
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Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
goes and whether or not you're successful in the fact that you can slow your cat initial course has been raining where you are and then of course you will be able to do it but otherwise your experiment is going to be a bit flawed or you are going to make your cat wait and that's going to be probably detrimental to some form of your body
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The psychology of...
elevated and sometimes detrimental self-involvement. But it's not just a personality type that shows up in advice columns. It's actually a set of traits classified and studied by psychologists. The psychological definition of narcissism is an inflated, grandiose self-image.
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Creating living...
robots that traverse the bayous searching for detrimental processes that cause the absence of oxygen in the water column a phenomenon known as hypoxia when these robots sequester this oxygen robbing process they remove it from the ecological system and by responding to
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Asha de Vos: Why you...
and therefore help to delay global warming. Sometimes these carcasses also wash up on beaches and provide a meal to a number of predatory species on land. The 200 years of whaling was clearly detrimental and caused a reduction in the populations of whales
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How police and the...
without us really knowing it. They're stereotypes that often influence our decision making. And so, you can imagine, for police officers who have to make split-second decisions can be a very detrimental decision-making point.
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
class that takes advantage of the black community we are deeply concerned that this incident may be detrimental to the positive efforts between the two communities in order to strengthen our
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Plastics 101 PIPE National...
and packaging products are, particularly, detrimental. They often aren't recycled and constitute about 40% of all plastic waste. They end up damaging natural habitats, endangering wildlife
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A hilarious celebration...
But the most important part is they found -- the results were so exciting and so conclusive -- the researchers found that not having close female friends is detrimental to your health,
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Remove the Dams to Save...
really one of the most beautiful places in the world temps change the habitat when you disturb the habitat it can be detrimental to the native fishes and
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How Sleep Deprived Are...
it could be having a detrimental effect on your life to find out if you're getting the right amount of sleep you could visit your local sleep lab and get tested or you could take this quick quiz is there a good chance you'll doze off if you sit down and read a book how likely would it be for you to snooze if you were traveling in the passenger seat
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Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
goes and whether or not you're successful in the fact that you can slow your cat initial course has been raining where you are and then of course you will be able to do it but otherwise your experiment is going to be a bit flawed or you are going to make your cat wait and that's going to be probably detrimental to some form of your body
Video examples
The psychology of...
elevated and sometimes detrimental self-involvement. But it's not just a personality type that shows up in advice columns. It's actually a set of traits classified and studied by psychologists. The psychological definition of narcissism is an inflated, grandiose self-image.
Video examples
Creating living...
robots that traverse the bayous searching for detrimental processes that cause the absence of oxygen in the water column a phenomenon known as hypoxia when these robots sequester this oxygen robbing process they remove it from the ecological system and by responding to
Video examples
Asha de Vos: Why you...
and therefore help to delay global warming. Sometimes these carcasses also wash up on beaches and provide a meal to a number of predatory species on land. The 200 years of whaling was clearly detrimental and caused a reduction in the populations of whales
Video examples
How police and the...
without us really knowing it. They're stereotypes that often influence our decision making. And so, you can imagine, for police officers who have to make split-second decisions can be a very detrimental decision-making point.
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
class that takes advantage of the black community we are deeply concerned that this incident may be detrimental to the positive efforts between the two communities in order to strengthen our
Video examples
Plastics 101 PIPE National...
and packaging products are, particularly, detrimental. They often aren't recycled and constitute about 40% of all plastic waste. They end up damaging natural habitats, endangering wildlife
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A hilarious celebration...
But the most important part is they found -- the results were so exciting and so conclusive -- the researchers found that not having close female friends is detrimental to your health,
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Remove the Dams to Save...
really one of the most beautiful places in the world temps change the habitat when you disturb the habitat it can be detrimental to the native fishes and
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James Meredith
American Celebrity
Nothing has been more detrimental to me than to be considered a symbol, because I never stood for any of that... The civil rights movement thought they would do me harm over the years by disassociating themselves from me. Well, nothing in the world was more to my advantage. I was never one of them... I had my own divine mission.
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Amy Sherman-Palladino
American Writer
Families can be the most detrimental things to have in your life. They are sometimes the most poisonous relationships that people have. Sometimes family is the thing that keeps you from ever achieving what you want to achieve, and yet people hold it and hold it and grab it and try to fix it and twist it and turn it.
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Alex Campbell
Canadian Politician
We must carefully examine change so that we are able to discard those aspects of change which would be detrimental to our way of life, and, at the same time, take advantage of those aspects of change which will enhance and improve our quality of life.
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Nick Nolte
American Actor
World War II affected the male population in a very detrimental way. They were happy to be home, happy to be alive, happy they won, but they could not express to anybody the horror they had been through.
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Angela Merkel
German Statesman
I always wanted to know what I'd face next, even though that was maybe a bit detrimental to spontaneity. Structuring my life and avoiding chaos was more important.
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Ernestine Rose
American Activist
Away with that folly that her rights would be detrimental to her character - that if she were recognized as the equal to a man she would cease to be a woman!
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Jimmy Dean
American Actor
Being a nice guy is detrimental to actors. When I first came to Hollywood, everyone was nice to me. Everyone thought I was a nice guy.
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Julie Sweet
American Businesswoman
The impact of digital and technology without a shared success mindset can be very detrimental to communities around the world.
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Ravi Shastri
Indian Coach
You've got to nip things that can be detrimental in the bud, even if this raises a few eyebrows or invites some opposition.
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Courtney Act
Australian Entertainer
It's detrimental not to support marriage equality, even just on a financial level.
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James Meredith
American Celebrity
Nothing has been more detrimental to me than to be considered a symbol, because I never stood for any of that... The civil rights movement thought they would do me harm over the years by disassociating themselves from me. Well, nothing in the world was more to my advantage. I was never one of them... I had my own divine mission.
Quote examples
Amy Sherman-Palladino
American Writer
Families can be the most detrimental things to have in your life. They are sometimes the most poisonous relationships that people have. Sometimes family is the thing that keeps you from ever achieving what you want to achieve, and yet people hold it and hold it and grab it and try to fix it and twist it and turn it.
Quote examples
Alex Campbell
Canadian Politician
We must carefully examine change so that we are able to discard those aspects of change which would be detrimental to our way of life, and, at the same time, take advantage of those aspects of change which will enhance and improve our quality of life.
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Nick Nolte
American Actor
World War II affected the male population in a very detrimental way. They were happy to be home, happy to be alive, happy they won, but they could not express to anybody the horror they had been through.
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Angela Merkel
German Statesman
I always wanted to know what I'd face next, even though that was maybe a bit detrimental to spontaneity. Structuring my life and avoiding chaos was more important.
Quote examples
Ernestine Rose
American Activist
Away with that folly that her rights would be detrimental to her character - that if she were recognized as the equal to a man she would cease to be a woman!
Quote examples
Jimmy Dean
American Actor
Being a nice guy is detrimental to actors. When I first came to Hollywood, everyone was nice to me. Everyone thought I was a nice guy.
Quote examples
Julie Sweet
American Businesswoman
The impact of digital and technology without a shared success mindset can be very detrimental to communities around the world.
Quote examples
Ravi Shastri
Indian Coach
You've got to nip things that can be detrimental in the bud, even if this raises a few eyebrows or invites some opposition.
Quote examples
Courtney Act
Australian Entertainer
It's detrimental not to support marriage equality, even just on a financial level.
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