ENGLISH WORD FILE NO. 01640 · Core CSAT & TOEIC Vocabulary
detrimental
adj.
US/ˌdetrɪˈmentəl/
UK/ˌdetrɪˈmentəl/
CSAT Frequency72/100
TOEIC Frequency68/100
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Meanings of detrimental
1adjective
Causing harm, damage, or a negative effect on someone or something.
Smoking is detrimental to your long-term health and well-being.
Smoking is detrimental to your long-term health and well-being.
The scandal proved detrimental to the company's reputation and market position.
The scandal proved detrimental to the company's reputation and market position.
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Derivatives of detrimental
detriment
harm or damage (noun)
The lack of proper training was to the detriment of the project's success.
The lack of proper training was to the detriment of the project's success.
detrimentally
in a harmful or damaging way (adverb)
The policy changes detrimentally affected small business owners across the region.
The policy changes detrimentally affected small business owners across the region.
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Synonyms & Antonyms of detrimental
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Common Phrases with detrimental
detrimental to healthdetrimental to health
detrimental to developmentdetrimental to development
detrimental effectdetrimental effect
prove detrimentalprove detrimental
highly detrimentalhighly detrimental
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Practice Question: detrimental
Choose the best word for the blank
The prolonged stress was ___ to her mental and physical condition.
- A deterring
- B detrimental
- C deteriorating
- D determined
Detrimental (adj.) means causing harm or damage, which correctly describes the negative effect of stress; the other options are either different words or incorrect parts of speech for this context.