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English Dictionary: prejudicial	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for prejudicial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prejudicial adj (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant" Synonym(s): damaging, detrimental, prejudicial, prejudicious tending to favor preconceived ideas; "the presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes in the white population" Synonym(s): prejudicial, prejudicious
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prejudicial \Prej`udi"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`udi"cially}, adv. -- {Prej`udi"cialness}, n.