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# detriment

noun (detriment — uncountable, formal)

«detriment» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) Harm or damage: «to the detriment of your health» means harming your health. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detriment/#m1)
2. (formal) Something that causes harm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detriment/#m2)

### In the lessons

A formal exam word. It appears in phrases: «to the detriment of», «without detriment to», «to someone's detriment». It tells the reader that something causes harm or a loss. In health lessons: too much screen time may be to the detriment of sleep.

### Examples

- He played games all night, to the detriment of his homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detriment/#x1)
- Eating only sweets is to the detriment of your teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detriment/#x2)
- The new road was built to the detriment of the woodland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detriment/#x3)
- You can enjoy sport without detriment to your studies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detriment/#x4)
- Shouting at the team worked to the coach's detriment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detriment/#x5)
- Pollution is a detriment to the health of rivers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detriment/#x6)

### Note

Formal and uncountable; mostly used in the fixed phrases above. Adjective: «detrimental» (harmful). In speech say «harm», «damage».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «detriment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detriment/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«detriment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/detriment.html) on Mova free.