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[ de-truh-muhnt ] / ˈdɛ trə mənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR detriment ON THESAURUS.COM
nounloss, damage, disadvantage, or injury. a cause of loss or damage. Origin of detriment1400–50; late Middle English (<Middle French ) <Latin dētrīmentum loss, damage, equivalent to dētrī- (see detritus) + -mentum-ment synonym study for detriment1. See damage. Words nearby detrimentdetraction, detractive, detractor, detrain, detribalize, detriment, detrimental, detrition, detritivore, detritovore, detritus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for detrimentThere seems to be so much pressure to reinvent the wheel these days, to a detriment when it comes to TV programming. Can Maya Rudolph Save the Variety Show?|Kevin Fallon|May 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST But according to Rob Lowe, a man who possesses all of these qualities, being too pretty as an actor is actually a detriment. Rob Lowe: Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful|Tricia Romano|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST We take our cultural icons very seriously, often to both their detriment and ours. Proustapalooza: Going Crazy for Marcel’s Novel at 100|Elisabeth Ladenson|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST In geopolitics, this is where regions or states fracture into smaller, mutually-hostile units to the detriment of all. Twitchy! Michelle Malkin's Phony War|Tom Doran|April 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I really like jackets, and tend to buy them to the detriment of my need of all the other items. Ali Smith: How I Write|Noah Charney|January 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST And now let us ask what is the work which Russia is doing beyond the Caucasus for the advantage or detriment of mankind? Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c.|Xavier Hommaire de Hell The valuable consideration is the detriment or responsibility of B in guarding the house for two hours. Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 3|Various He knew that he was about to pursue a course which would be to his own detriment, but he felt it impossible now to turn aside. How It All Came Round|L. T. Meade An army gains a victory, and at once the rights of the conquering nation have increased to the detriment of the defeated. War and Peace|Leo Tolstoy What in the world can be more ridiculous than commercial laws carried out to one's own detriment? Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete|Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
British Dictionary definitions for detriment
noundisadvantage or damage; harm; loss a cause of disadvantage or damage Word Origin for detrimentC15: from Latin dētrīmentum, a rubbing off, hence damage, from dēterere to rub away, from de- + terere to rub Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to detrimentloss, harm, mischief, handicap, disability, damage, hurt, liability, drawback, prejudice, disservice, injury, impairment, spoiling, marring |