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Synonyms & Antonyms of detrimental
causing or capable of causing harm
- there were serious concerns that the factory's waste was detrimental to the local environment
Synonyms for detrimental
- adverse,
- bad,
- baleful,
- baneful,
- damaging,
- dangerous,
- deleterious,
- evil,
- harmful,
- hurtful,
- ill,
- injurious,
- mischievous,
- nocuous,
- noxious,
- pernicious,
- prejudicial,
- wicked
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The first known use of detrimental was in 1590
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