to the detriment of
idiom
formal
: in a way that is harmful to (someone or something)
He puts all his time into his career, to the detriment of his personal life.
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Partisanship can distract from the actual issues at play, to the detriment of voters, Pickering said.
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Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 25 Nov. 2025
Efforts to compete with Amazon during its ascent in the 2010s had department stores playing catchup on supply chain prowess and integrating stores with e-commerce—sometimes to the detriment of in-store experience.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
Even some of Musk's hard-core fans feel that, over the last few years, he has been distracted by politics and other projects, to the detriment of Tesla's efforts to sell cars.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
And Haidt believes that’s to the detriment of kids’ wellbeing.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
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Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 25 Nov. 2025
Efforts to compete with Amazon during its ascent in the 2010s had department stores playing catchup on supply chain prowess and integrating stores with e-commerce—sometimes to the detriment of in-store experience.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
Even some of Musk's hard-core fans feel that, over the last few years, he has been distracted by politics and other projects, to the detriment of Tesla's efforts to sell cars.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
And Haidt believes that’s to the detriment of kids’ wellbeing.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
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“To the detriment of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20detriment%20of. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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