English Dictionary: prejudicial | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prejudicial \Prej`u*di"cial\, a. [L. praejudicialis belonging to a preceding judgment: cf. F. pr[82]judiciel.] 1. Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a prejudicial eye. [Obs.] --Holyday. 2. Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental. --Hooker. His going away . . . was most prejudicial and most ruinous to the king's affairs. --Clarendon. -- {Prej`u*di"cial*ly}, adv. -- {Prej`u*di"cial*ness}, n. |