detrimental
Example Sentences
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Gemma thinks staying with her father was "unbelievably detrimental", saying it had almost been "a life sentence" for her.
From BBC
Attempting to time market movements is difficult and detrimental; missing the best 10 days of a rally can reduce returns by a quarter.
From Barron's
"Fake videos like these have a detrimental impact on people's trust in the verified information they see online and make it much harder to document real evidence," says Alimardani.
From BBC
“You need to play a long game, not this short game that has been so detrimental,” she said.
"Some age-related changes that look detrimental -- like slower tissue repair -- may actually be necessary compromises that prevent something worse: the complete depletion of the stem cell pool," Rando said.
From Science Daily
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