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# detrimental

adjective (detrimental) — formal

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

## Everyday

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

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

### Note

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

## On Mova

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