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Antonyms for prejudicial


Grammar : Adj
Spell : prej-uh-dish-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˌprɛdʒ əˈdɪʃ əl



Definition of prejudicial

Origin :
  • early 15c., "causing prejudice;" 1530s, "full of prejudice," from prejudice (n.) + -al (1), or else from Middle French prejudicial and directly from Medieval Latin prejudicialis "injurious," from Latin praeiudicium.
  • adj harmful, undermining
Example sentences :
  • Holland, besides, told me that any excitement would be prejudicial.
  • Extract from : « Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. » by Charles James Lever
  • But I should not like to involve you in a dispute which might be prejudicial to your interests.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • Burckhardt's stay at Mecca had already been prejudicial to him.
  • Extract from : « Celebrated Travels and Travellers » by Jules Verne
  • Page 436Next to turning out bag-men, lifting of hounds is the most prejudicial.
  • Extract from : « Anecdotes of Dogs » by Edward Jesse
  • Thus, who are they that derive from fiction and literature a prejudicial effect?
  • Extract from : « Pelham, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • What was Christian and what was prejudicial was, fortunately for him, left undefined.
  • Extract from : « Pioneers of the Old South » by Mary Johnston
  • Do think, James, how prejudicial it must be to your interests to quarrel with my father.
  • Extract from : « The Entail » by John Galt
  • This page will be prejudicial in more than one way to the unfortunate author.
  • Extract from : « The Red and the Black » by Stendhal
  • He fears the expense, and the consequence must be prejudicial.
  • Extract from : « The Works of William Cowper » by William Cowper
  • You think that my sudden appearance might be prejudicial to them?
  • Extract from : « The Wandering Jew, Complete » by Eugene Sue

Synonyms for prejudicial

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