detriment
To be detrimental to; to harm or marTo be detrimental to; to harm or mar.
» That is a detriment to your health.
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1 senses(obsolete)To be detrimental to; to harm or mar.
Examples
11 sentencesThat is a detriment to your health.
It is a detriment to my health.
The poor educational policy is a detriment to Japan.
deDie schlechte Bildungspolitik gerät Japan zum Nachteil. — Yorwba
Tom works long hours to the detriment of his family life.
This discovery has been exploited to the detriment of the poor peasants.
Origin
From Old French detriement, from Latin detrimentum (“loss, damage, literally a rubbing offFrom Old French detriement, from Latin detrimentum (“loss, damage, literally a rubbing off”), from dēterere (“to rub off, wear”), from dē- (“down, away”) + terere (“to rub”).
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Forms
detriments, detrimenting, detrimented, detrimented| Base form | detriment · to detriment |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | detriments |
| Present participle | detrimenting |
| Past simple | detrimented |
| Past participle | detrimented |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.