detrimental
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In some cases, people interested in running weren’t sure if renting would be detrimental to their candidacy.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Its personal conduct policy states that “everyone who is a part of the league” must refrain from behavior detrimental to the integrity of and public confidence in the NFL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
But it’s almost detrimental for them to just be sitting around doing nothing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
"Parents quite like it because it's healthy; it creates friendships and trading and gaming, and incorporates all these wonderful things that aren't detrimental to a child or young person's mind."
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 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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