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detriment

noun as in disadvantage

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"I continue to suffer significant detriment" prevented from attending conference and "being able to stand for leader this year".

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The minister for children previously told MSPs that ringfencing cash for outdoor education could be to the detriment of other activities.

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England have famously struggled to get all their best players into a single starting eleven and managers have tried to do so, often to the detriment of the team.

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The Met previously said the tactics used at the protest to "overwhelm the justice system... required significant resource which took officers out of neighbourhoods to the detriment of the Londoners who rely on them".

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The European Commission said on Friday the tech giant had breached competition laws by favouring its own products for displaying online ads, to the detriment of rivals.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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