prejudicial
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English prejudiceele, prejudicial, prejudiciall, prejudiciel, prejudiciell, prejudycyall, from Old French prejudicial, prejudiciel and Medieval Latin prēiūdiciālis.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɪʃəl
Adjective
editprejudicial (comparative more prejudicial, superlative most prejudicial)
- Exhibiting prejudice or bias.
- Antonym: nonprejudicial
- 1978 December 9, J. T. Harris, quotee, “Polaroid Gay Workers”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 2:
- I must believe that the absence of specific language in our Policy Book with respect to sexual preferences cannot be construed as encouragement to prejudicial behavior or treatment.
- Causing harm or injury; detrimental, harmful or injurious.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:harmful
- 2011, Minette Walters, The Scold's Bridle:
- Were I to give you money, for whatever reason, it would be extremely prejudicial to your chances in court if you were unfortunate enough to appear there.
- (law) Tending to convince based on past history rather than on evidence about the case at hand.
- Antonym: probative
- 1999, Dana Stabenow, Hunter's Moon, →ISBN, page 109:
- The judge had granted the DA a one-week extension with the caustic admonition that the case would be summarily dismissed if at that time probative, as opposed to prejudicial, evidence was not produced.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editexhibiting prejudice or bias
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causing harm or injury; detrimental, harmful or injurious
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Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: pre‧ju‧di‧ci‧al
Adjective
editprejudicial m or f (plural prejudiciais)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “prejudicial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French préjudiciel.
Adjective
editprejudicial m or n (feminine singular prejudicială, masculine plural prejudiciali, feminine and neuter plural prejudiciale)
Declension
editDeclension of prejudicial
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | prejudicial | prejudicială | prejudiciali | prejudiciale | ||
definite | prejudicialul | prejudiciala | prejudicialii | prejudicialele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | prejudicial | prejudiciale | prejudiciali | prejudiciale | ||
definite | prejudicialului | prejudicialei | prejudicialilor | prejudicialelor |
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /pɾexudiˈθjal/ [pɾe.xu.ð̞iˈθjal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /pɾexudiˈsjal/ [pɾe.xu.ð̞iˈsjal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: pre‧ju‧di‧cial
Adjective
editprejudicial m or f (masculine and feminine plural prejudiciales)
- prior to the administration of justice
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “prejudicial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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