English Explanatory Dictionary

prejudicial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Exhibiting prejudice or bias.
  2. Causing harm or injury; detrimental, harmful or injurious.
  3. Tending to convince based on past history rather than on evidence about the case at hand.

Pronunciation

/ˌprɛdʒʊˈdɪʃl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Eleanorrrrrrrrrr-prejudicial.wav

Word forms

prejudicial more prejudicial most prejudicial prejudical prejudicall

Etymology

From Middle English prejudiceele, prejudicial, prejudiciall, prejudiciel, prejudiciell, prejudycyall, from Old French prejudicial, prejudiciel and Medieval Latin prēiūdiciālis.

Synonyms

harmful damaging deleterious detrimental hurtful inimical injurious mischievous nocent nocuous noxious noisome prejudicial scathand scathel sullen venom

Antonyms

nonprejudicial probative

Derived words

antiprejudicial non-prejudicial prejudicially prejudicialness unprejudicial
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