detrimental
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Frequent sugar consumption is harmful for dental health and is also detrimental to cardiometabolic health when consumed in excess.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
He added if they closed, it could be "very detrimental to the Welsh economy as a whole".
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Any slowdown in capex deployment would have a severely detrimental impact on revenue and debt servicing for these borrowers.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Data show that many patients lose weight initially but gain it back over time, thus making their temporary weight loss futile and potentially detrimental.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing detrimental
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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