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det·ri·men·tal
 detrimental
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- pronunciation:
- de
tr
men
tl
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
causing harm.
Her poor eating habits are detrimental to her health.- antonyms:
- advantageous, beneficial
- similar words:
- adverse, bad, harmful
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| related words: |
destructive, ill, unhealthy |
adverb + (adj.)detrimental
environmentally, extremely, highly, necessarily, obviously, politically, possibly, potentially, therefore
(adj.)detrimental
+ noun
attribution,
consequence,
economy,
effect,
environment,
health,
impact,
implication,
individual,
influence,
initiative,
interest,
layer,
learning,
maintenance,
morale,
motivation,
outcome,
ozone,
performance,
relation,
reward,
society,
species,
survival,
unity,
welfare,
well-being,
wildlife
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| derivation: |
detrimentally (adv.) |
The word detrimental
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
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