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prejudicial

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  1. 1. a. Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a prejudicial eye. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. (sometimes followed by ‘to’) causing harm or injury Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adj. tending to favor preconceived ideas Source: wordnet
  5. 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. Source: webster
  6. 6. j:100 a. tending to favor preconceived ideas Source: ecdict

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