For too long society has placed sole emphasis on children's test results, to the detriment of social discipline.
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Detriment
//ˈdɛtɹɪmənt//
Synonyms for "detriment" (101 found)
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Related words (50)
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5 entriesRelated terms
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2 entriesderived
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- вре́да noun (harm, hurt, damage)
- ущърб noun (harm, hurt, damage)
Catalan
1 entries- detriment noun (harm, hurt, damage)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 損害 /损害 noun (harm, hurt, damage)
Dutch
2 entries- schade noun (harm, hurt, damage)
- schadelijk noun (harm, hurt, damage)
French
1 entries- détriment noun (harm, hurt, damage)
Galician
1 entries- detrimento noun (harm, hurt, damage)
German
1 entries- Schaden noun (harm, hurt, damage)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰 noun (harm, hurt, damage)
Hungarian
1 entries- hátrány noun (harm, hurt, damage)
Italian
3 entries- detrimento noun (harm, hurt, damage)
- scapito noun (harm, hurt, damage)
- svantaggio noun (harm, hurt, damage)
Japanese
1 entries- 損害 noun (harm, hurt, damage)
Korean
1 entries- 상해 noun (harm, hurt, damage)
Latin
1 entries- dētrīmentum noun (harm, hurt, damage)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- زیان noun (harm, hurt, damage)
- ضرر noun (harm, hurt, damage)
- مضرت noun (harm, hurt, damage)
Persian
1 entries- پتیاره noun (harm, hurt, damage)
Portuguese
1 entries- detrimento noun (harm, hurt, damage)
Russian
2 entries- вред noun (harm, hurt, damage)
- уще́рб noun (harm, hurt, damage)
Spanish
1 entries- detrimento noun (harm, hurt, damage)
Swedish
2 entries- förfång noun (harm, hurt, damage)
- skada noun (harm, hurt, damage)
Turkish
1 entries- zarar noun (harm, hurt, damage)
Ukrainian
1 entries- шкода noun (harm, hurt, damage)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
The poor educational policy is a detriment to Japan.
Source: tatoeba (64717)
The family tried to save money by scrimping on food to the detriment of their own health.
Source: tatoeba (1602175)
It being a name, I think you can just leave it as it is with no detriment to the translation.
Source: tatoeba (1833602)
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