detrimental
Example Sentences
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“If you believe that something is detrimental to the economic well-being of New York City, you need to be vocal about it,” Fulop, 49 years old, said in an interview.
“Both types of investors can be detrimental to retirement wealth by resulting in lower investment returns.”
From MarketWatch
Gemma thinks staying with her father was "unbelievably detrimental", saying it had almost been "a life sentence" for her.
From BBC
Attempting to time market movements is difficult and detrimental; missing the best 10 days of a rally can reduce returns by a quarter.
From Barron's
"Fake videos like these have a detrimental impact on people's trust in the verified information they see online and make it much harder to document real evidence," says Alimardani.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
