detrimental

adjective
UK: /ˌdet.rɪˈmen.təl/
US: /ˌde.trəˈmen.t̬əl/

  1. Causing harm or damage; having a negative effect.

    1. Smoking is detrimental to your health and overall well-being.
    2. The proposed cuts in funding could be detrimental to the future of the research program.

Synonyms

damaging adverse injurious unfavorable harmful

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The phonetic transcription of "detrimental" is /ˌdet.rɪˈmen.təl/ in British English and /ˌde.trəˈmen.t̬əl/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "detrimental": damaging, adverse, injurious, unfavorable, harmful.

Example usage of "detrimental": "Smoking is detrimental to your health and overall well-being.". More examples on the page.