Pernicious, baneful, noxious, deleterious, detrimental mean exceedingly harmful Smoking can be detrimental to health. Pernicious implies irreparable harm done through evil or insidious corrupting or undermining.
Detrimental effect/impact these chemicals have a detrimental effect / impact on the environment Postpositive, foll by to) harmful Detrimental to their decision could be detrimental to the future of the company.
See examples of detrimental used in a sentence. Something that is detrimental to something else has a harmful or damaging effect on it. Definition of detrimental adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Wordreference random house unabridged dictionary of american english © 2025 det•ri•men•tal (de′trə men′ tl), adj A detrimental person or thing.
