'Prejudicial' definitions:
Definition of 'prejudicial'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant" [syn: damaging, detrimental, prejudicial, prejudicious]
adjective
Tending to favor preconceived ideas; "the presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes in the white population" [syn: prejudicial, prejudicious]
Definition of 'Prejudicial'
From: GCIDE
- Prejudicial \Prej`u*di"cial\, a. [L. praejudicialis belonging to a preceding judgment: cf. F. pr['e]judiciel.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a prejudicial eye. [Obs.] --Holyday. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- His going away . . . was most prejudicial and most ruinous to the king's affairs. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] -- {Prej`u*di"cial*ly}, adv. -- {Prej`u*di"cial*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prejudicial'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bad,
- baleful,
- baneful,
- corroding,
- corrosive,
- corrupting,
- corruptive,
- counterproductive,
- damaging,
- deadly,
- deleterious,
- detrimental,
- differential,
- disadvantageous,
- discriminative,
- disserviceable,
- distressing,
- evil,
- forejudged,
- harmful,
- hurtful,
- inimical,
- injurious,
- judged beforehand,
- lethal,
- malefic,
- malevolent,
- malign,
- malignant,
- mischievous,
- noisome,
- noxious,
- ominous,
- pernicious,
- poisonous,
- preconceived,
- preconceptual,
- preconcluded,
- predecided,
- predetermined,
- predisposed,
- predispositional,
- prejudged,
- prejudging,
- presumed,
- presupposed,
- presurmised,
- scatheful,
- toxic,
- unadvantageous,
- unfavorable,
- unprofitable,
- unrewarding,
- useless,
- venenate,
- veneniferous,
- venenous,
- venomous,
- vicious,
- virulent,
- worthless