detrimental

From Medieval Latin *detrimental, from Latin detrimentum (“harm”), from deterere (“to rub off, wear”), from de- (“down, away”) + terere (“to rub or grab”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛtɹɪˈmɛntəl/

detrimental (comparative more detrimental, superlative most detrimental)

1. Causing damage or harm.

   Smoking tobacco can be detrimental to your health.

• (causing damage or harm): harmful, injurious; see also Thesaurus:harmful

• (causing damage or harm): beneficial

• detriment

• detrimental in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• detrimental in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

detrimental (plural detrimentales)

1. detrimental