prejudicial

Example Sentences

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Perhaps he still dreaded the prejudicial tag of “grind.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Doing so, he added, "might create some prejudicial publicity about targets of the investigation" that could ultimately lead to intense litigation if any indictments are brought.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

It is the “knowing and willful disclosure of classified information,” including communication, publication, or use in a way prejudicial to the U.S. or beneficial to a foreign government.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2025

Defense attorney Cameron Talley said such questioning would be “so incredibly prejudicial it would require a mistrial.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2025

The motions are almost never granted, but every now and then an appellate court finds that the atmosphere in a county had been so prejudicial that the trial should have been moved.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson