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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

adverse, antagonistic, bad, baleful, baneful, conflicting, contrary, corroding, corrosive, corrupting, corruptive, counter, counteractive, counterproductive, damaging, deadly, deleterious, destructive, difficult, disadvantageous, disserviceable, distressing, evil, hard, harmful, hostile, hurtful, ill, in opposition, inimical, injurious, lethal, malefic, malevolent, malign, malignant, mischievous, miserable, negative, noisome, not easy, noxious, ominous, opposed, opposing, opposite, pernicious, poisonous, prejudicial, rigorous, scatheful, sinister, stressful, toxic, troublesome, troublous, trying, unadvantageous, unfavorable, unprofitable, unrewarding, untoward, useless, venenate, veneniferous, venenous, venomous, vicious, virulent, worthless, wretched

Dictionary Results for detrimental:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

detrimental
    adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury;
           "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's
           coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the
           defendant" [syn: damaging, detrimental,
           prejudicial, prejudicious]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Detrimental \Det`ri*men"tal\, a.
   Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful.
   [1913 Webster]

         Neither dangerous nor detrimental to the donor.
                                                  --Addison.

   Syn: Injurious; hurtful; prejudicial; disadvantageous;
        mischievous; pernicious.
        [1913 Webster]

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