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Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a prejudicial eye.

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  1. a. Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a prejudicial eye.
  2. a. Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental.
  3. adj. (sometimes followed by ‘to’) causing harm or injury
  4. adj. tending to favor preconceived ideas
  5. 1. Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a prejudicial eye. [Obs.] Holyday. 2. Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental. Hooker. His going away . . . was most prejudicial and most ruinous to the king's affairs. Clarendon. -- Prej`u*di"cial*ly, adv. -- Prej`u*di"cial*ness, n.
  6. j:100 a. tending to favor preconceived ideas