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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David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images While fast food has aimed to compete on price, the fast-casual segment has largely stayed out of the value wars this year, to the detriment of sales.
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Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 28 Dec. 2025
Years of overinvesting in hotel construction to the detriment of the rest of the economy and the country’s infrastructure inflicted not just insurmountable pain on the population but also made Cuba much less attractive as a tourism destination.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
Partisanship can distract from the actual issues at play, to the detriment of voters, Pickering said.
—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
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Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 28 Dec. 2025
Years of overinvesting in hotel construction to the detriment of the rest of the economy and the country’s infrastructure inflicted not just insurmountable pain on the population but also made Cuba much less attractive as a tourism destination.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
Partisanship can distract from the actual issues at play, to the detriment of voters, Pickering said.
—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
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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 9 Jan. 2026.
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