MEANING
1. Causing harm or damage to someone's interests, rights, or prospects.
2. Likely to create an unfair bias in judgment.
Use it for
conduct damaging rights; unfair harm caused by evidence; an action putting someone at a disadvantage
Words that belong together
- prejudicial to their interests
- a prejudicial effect
On the page
The delay was prejudicial to applicants whose permits were about to expire.
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Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- prejudicial
Usage notes
Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Comparative more prejudicial; superlative most prejudicial when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evaluation, causation. Commonness: moderately common.
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