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单词 prejudicial
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Definition of prejudicial in English:

prejudicial

adjective prɛdʒʊˈdɪʃ(ə)lˌprɛdʒəˈdɪʃ(ə)l
  • Harmful to someone or something; detrimental.

    the proposals were considered prejudicial to the city centre
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The letter also contained references to drugs and matters that would have been prejudicial to the appellant.
    • It is said that the remark about being a troublemaker was so highly prejudicial to the defendant that the trial should not have continued.
    • As the paragraph was extremely prejudicial, the appellants should have had the opportunity of replying to it.
    • Who, then, is to determine what is and what is not prejudicial to the safety and interests of the State?
    • So in that sense there is no problems with saying things which might be prejudicial in front of the jury.
    • There is all this evidence which can be brought out from her which is highly prejudicial to you, but you take those chances.
    • They had infiltrated a military airfield, and this was regarded as prejudicial to the state's interests.
    • So a stay that would last indefinitely would be presumptively prejudicial to the plaintiff.
    • The Compromise fostered a climate in which majority voting prejudicial to the interests of a particular State tended to be avoided.
    • What was excised was irrelevant or prejudicial material that did not go before the jury.
    • Did any of the background dirt about the doctor come before the jury, or was it ruled prejudicial?
    • Its probative value outweighs the prejudicial effect it might have on the trial of the Defendant.
    • In any event I think it plain that he did have a prejudicial interest and that neither he nor the council could reasonably have taken a different view.
    • The prejudicial effect on the jury would have been enormous.
    • No doubt you were prepared to disclose that piece of advice because you did not think it particularly prejudicial to your client's case.
    Synonyms
    detrimental, damaging, injurious, harmful, disadvantageous, unfavourable, hurtful, inimical, deleterious, counterproductive
    rare prejudicious

Derivatives

  • prejudicially

  • adverb prɛdʒʊˈdɪʃ(ə)liˌprɛdʒəˈdɪʃəli
    • Further, the marketability of the land is severely prejudicially affected by the Main Action.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Without a singular objective truth - how can a judgment be made as to which privileged tradition will prevail and which will be prejudicially forced to yield?
      • I hope this helps to reassure patients that we have an open, positive attitude to complaints and to suggest patients may be dealt with prejudicially is just scaremongering and will cause unnecessary concern for our patients.
      • Anyone who can be prejudicially affected by a decision must be given notice in writing of the intended action.
      • They do not include, of course, a mere busybody who is interfering in things which do not concern him: but they do include a person who has a genuine grievance because an order has been made which prejudicially affects his interests.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French prejudiciel, from prejudice (see prejudice).

 
 

Definition of prejudicial in US English:

prejudicial

adjectiveˌprejəˈdiSH(ə)lˌprɛdʒəˈdɪʃ(ə)l
  • Harmful to someone or something; detrimental.

    the behavior is prejudicial to good order and discipline
    Example sentencesExamples
    • So a stay that would last indefinitely would be presumptively prejudicial to the plaintiff.
    • Its probative value outweighs the prejudicial effect it might have on the trial of the Defendant.
    • There is all this evidence which can be brought out from her which is highly prejudicial to you, but you take those chances.
    • So in that sense there is no problems with saying things which might be prejudicial in front of the jury.
    • It is said that the remark about being a troublemaker was so highly prejudicial to the defendant that the trial should not have continued.
    • They had infiltrated a military airfield, and this was regarded as prejudicial to the state's interests.
    • As the paragraph was extremely prejudicial, the appellants should have had the opportunity of replying to it.
    • What was excised was irrelevant or prejudicial material that did not go before the jury.
    • The letter also contained references to drugs and matters that would have been prejudicial to the appellant.
    • In any event I think it plain that he did have a prejudicial interest and that neither he nor the council could reasonably have taken a different view.
    • The Compromise fostered a climate in which majority voting prejudicial to the interests of a particular State tended to be avoided.
    • The prejudicial effect on the jury would have been enormous.
    • Did any of the background dirt about the doctor come before the jury, or was it ruled prejudicial?
    • No doubt you were prepared to disclose that piece of advice because you did not think it particularly prejudicial to your client's case.
    • Who, then, is to determine what is and what is not prejudicial to the safety and interests of the State?
    Synonyms
    detrimental, damaging, injurious, harmful, disadvantageous, unfavourable, hurtful, inimical, deleterious, counterproductive

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French prejudiciel, from prejudice (see prejudice).

 
 
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