prejudicial
pronunciation
How to pronounce prejudicial in British English: UK [ˌpredʒuˈdɪʃl]
How to pronounce prejudicial in American English: US [ˌprɛdʒəˈdɪʃəl]
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- Adjective:
- (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury
Word Origin
- prejudicial (adj.)
- early 15c., "causing prejudice;" 1530s, "full of prejudice," from prejudice (n.) + -al (1), or else from Middle French prejudicial and directly from Medieval Latin prejudicialis "injurious," from Latin praeiudicium.