- detrimental⇄adj. causing loss or damage; harmful; injurious.
Ex. Lack of sleep is detrimental to one's health.
(SYN) hurtful, disadvantageous. - detrimental⇄adv. detrimentally.
- detrimental⇄detrimental, adjective, noun.
- detrimental⇄noun a detriment; hindrance; handicap.
Ex. The sisters of the wife being considered detrimentals, are placed in Buddhist convents (C. F. Gordon-Cumming).