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noun
- 1. the state of being harmed or damaged: "he is engrossed in his work to the detriment of his married life"
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noun [ U ] us / ˈde·trə·mənt / Add to word list. harm or damage: She was very involved with sports at college, to the detriment of her studies. detrimental.
Detriment is the hurt or harm as a result of damage, loss, or a bad decision. The developers won the lawsuit, much to the detriment of the people who live near the construction site. The meaning of detriment has not changed much from its roots in the Latin word, detrimentum , which is "a rubbing off, loss, damage, defeat."
1. : injury, damage. did hard work without detriment to his health. 2. : a cause of injury or damage. a detriment to progress. Synonyms. affliction. damage. harm. hurt. injury. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of detriment in a Sentence.
noun [ U ] us / ˈde·trə·mənt / Add to word list. harm or damage: She was very involved with sports at college, to the detriment of her studies. detrimental.
the act of causing harm or damage; something that causes harm or damage. Wood accounts for 90% of energy production in some countries, with consequent environmental detriment. Too many tests are a detriment to good education.
Detriment definition: loss, damage, disadvantage, or injury.. See examples of DETRIMENT used in a sentence.
2 meanings: 1. disadvantage or damage; harm; loss 2. a cause of disadvantage or damage.... Click for more definitions.
Detriment Definition. dĕtrə-mənt. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Noun. Filter. noun. Damage; injury; harm. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Anything that causes damage or injury. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: hurt. loss. drawback. injury. harm. liability. impairment. disability.
detriment. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English det‧ri‧ment /ˈdetrəmənt/ noun [ uncountable] formal harm or damage to the detriment of something (=resulting in harm or damage to something) He worked very long hours, to the detriment of his marriage.
If something happens to the detriment of something or to a person's detriment, it causes harm or damage to them.
