detraction
Example Sentences
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For the Logan community the charter has long been an unwanted detraction from their efforts.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
His relatively modest number of caps, in contrast to some of the other players in that World Cup winning side, is no detraction from his talent.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2022
She told the BBC: “Not having that would be a detraction of the ceremony, and we’re very big on pomp in the U.K.”
From Washington Post • May 10, 2022
The one detraction this season is that The Knick seems to be trying a little too hard to draw the parallels between modern New York and the one 114 years ago.
From The Guardian • Oct. 16, 2015
Michelet," continues the Recorder, "calls the spirit of Jesuits the spirit of intrigue—of holy detraction.
From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
