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detrimental
Synonyms and Antonyms of detrimental
- There were serious concerns that the factory's waste was detrimental to the local environment.
adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous, nocuous, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial, wicked
Synonym Discussion of detrimental
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- the claim that pornography has a pernicious effect on society
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- the baneful notion that discipline destroys creativity
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- noxious chemical fumes
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- a diet found to have deleterious effects
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- the detrimental effects of excessive drinking
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