prejudicial

prej·u·di·cial

adj \ˌpre-jə-ˈdi-shəl\

Definition of PREJUDICIAL

1

: tending to injure or impair : detrimental <a transfer prejudicial to other creditors>

2

: leading to premature judgment or unwarranted opinion <prejudicial evidence>

— prej·u·di·cial·ly \-ˈdi-sh(ə-)lē\ adverb

— prej·u·di·cial·ness \-shəl-nəs\ noun

Examples of PREJUDICIAL

1. The judge ruled that the prejudicial effect of the evidence outweighed its value.
2. <pretrial publicity that may be extremely prejudicial to a defendant's right to a fair trial>

First Known Use of PREJUDICIAL

15th century

Related to PREJUDICIAL

Synonyms: adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, detrimental, evil, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous, nocuous, noxious, pernicious, harmful, wicked

Antonyms: anodyne, benign, harmless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, safe

Related Words: hostile, inimical, unfriendly; contagious, deadly, infectious, infective, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, venomous; insidious, menacing, ominous, sinister, threatening; hazardous, imperiling (or imperilling), jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe, unsound; nasty, noisome, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome; destructive, fatal, killer, lethal, malignant, ruinous

Near Antonyms: advantageous, beneficial, useful; favorable, good, propitious; curative, healthful, healthy, helpful, palliative, remedial, salubrious, salutary, wholesome; secure, sound; benignant; noncorrosive, nondestructive, nonfatal, noninfectious, nonlethal, nonpoisonous, nonpolluting, nontoxic, nonvenomous

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Rhymes with PREJUDICIAL

beneficial, cicatricial, interstitial, sacrificial, superficial