Detrimental

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Synonyms Harmful, injurious, inimical, dangerous, ruinous, disastrous, environmentally unfriendly, bad, baleful, corrupting, adverse, prejudicial, unfortunate, unhealthy, poisonous, noxious, lethal, malefic, prejudicious, damaging, hurtful, deleterious, destructive, calamitous, pernicious, ill, evil, malign, malignant, undesirable, unfavourable, counterproductive, unwholesome, cancerous, deadly, fatal, and maleficent.

Example Sentences

Smoking is detrimental to health.

Pollution has detrimental environmental effects.

His detrimental behavior affected everyone negatively.

The changes proved detrimental to progress.