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# detrimental

«detrimental» in Mova's school dictionary: **Causing harm or damage (detrimental to health)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (detrimental) — formal

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) Causing harm or damage (detrimental to health). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detrimental/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Formal and exam voice: «Smoking is detrimental to health». In science and environment: pollution has detrimental effects. Everyday words: harmful, bad for. Phrase: detrimental to/effect.

### examples

- Too much sugar is detrimental to your teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detrimental/#x1)
- Pollution has a detrimental effect on wildlife. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detrimental/#x2)
- Lack of sleep can be detrimental to learning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detrimental/#x3)
- The storm was detrimental to the crops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detrimental/#x4)
- Screen time late at night is detrimental to sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detrimental/#x5)
- The changes were detrimental to the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detrimental/#x6)

### note

Followed by «to». Noun: detriment (to the detriment of). Opposite: beneficial.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «detrimental» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detrimental/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.