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detriment

[ de-truh-muhnt ]

noun

  1. loss, damage, disadvantage, or injury.
  2. a cause of loss or damage.


detriment

/ ˈ»åÉ›³Ù°ùɪ³¾É™²Ô³Ù /

noun

  1. disadvantage or damage; harm; loss
  2. a cause of disadvantage or damage
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of detriment1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English from Middle French, from Latin »åŧ³Ù°ùÄ«³¾±ð²Ô³Ù³Ü³¾ “loss, damage,†from »åŧ³Ù°ùÄ«- ( detritus ) + -mentum -ment
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of detriment1

C15: from Latin »åŧ³Ù°ùÄ«³¾±ð²Ô³Ù³Ü³¾, a rubbing off, hence damage, from »åŧ³Ù±ð°ù±ð°ù±ð to rub away, from de- + terere to rub
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Synonym Study

See damage.
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To add insult to injury, employees of color experience these detriments while receiving substantial backlash.

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“This might actually be a detriment to me,†he laughed.

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She's concerned that the social media posts she has seen will "scare people out of wanting to engage", to the detriment of a critical source of income for black entrepreneurs working in the hair industry.

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Initially, French reports focused on Emile's grandfather - but his lawyer said that she hoped investigators would not "waste too much time on him to the detriment of other lines of inquiry".

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Court documents first reported by the Austrian magazines Profil and Falter, and later seen by the BBC, reveal she is "strongly suspected of having committed the crime of secret intelligence to the detriment of Austria".

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