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detrimental

/ˌdetrɪˈmentl/adjective

उच्चारण डेट्रिमेन्टल

हानिकारक, नुकसानदेह

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adjective
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    ~ (to sb/sth) formal

    harmful

    हानिकारक, नुकसानदेह

    • Late nights are detrimental to a student's health.
    • The new tax will be detrimental to small traders.
    • Too much screen time can be detrimental to children's eyesight.
    + 2 more examples
    • The delay was detrimental to the whole project.
    • Skipping breakfast is detrimental to concentration during long exams.

    Synonyms harmful damaging injurious

    Opposite beneficial helpful advantageous

◇Word family
detriment noundetrimentally adv.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

det·ri·men·tal

With -mental; the noun detriment ('to the detriment of').

अंत में -mental; noun detriment ('to the detriment of')।

§Grammar and usage

Detrimental to.

'detrimental to' आता है।