Mathematics is not detrimental to the appetite.
Source: tatoeba (330618)
Detrimental
//ˌdɛtɹɪˈmɛntəl//
Synonyms for "detrimental" (115 found)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
57 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- ضَارّ مُضِرّ adj (causing damage or harm)
Armenian
2 entries- վնասաբեր adj (causing damage or harm)
- վնասակար adj (causing damage or harm)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- ziyankar adj (causing damage or harm)
- ziyanlı adj (causing damage or harm)
- ziyanverici adj (causing damage or harm)
- zərərli adj (causing damage or harm)
Bengali
2 entries- ক্ষতিকর adj (causing damage or harm)
- ক্ষতিকারক adj (causing damage or harm)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вреден adj (causing damage or harm)
- увреждащ adj (causing damage or harm)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 有害的 adj (causing damage or harm)
Danish
1 entries- skadelig adj (causing damage or harm)
Dutch
2 entries- nadelig adj (causing damage or harm)
- schadelijk adj (causing damage or harm)
Finnish
2 entries- haitallinen adj (causing damage or harm)
- vahingollinen adj (causing damage or harm)
French
2 entries- nuisible adj (causing damage or harm)
- néfaste adj (causing damage or harm)
Georgian
1 entries- საზიანო adj (causing damage or harm)
German
2 entries- abträglich adj (causing damage or harm)
- schädlich adj (causing damage or harm)
Greek
1 entries- επιβλαβής adj (causing damage or harm)
Hebrew
1 entries- מזיק adj (causing damage or harm)
Hungarian
3 entries- káros adj (causing damage or harm)
- kártékony adj (causing damage or harm)
- ártalmas adj (causing damage or harm)
Ingrian
1 entries- vrednoi adj (causing damage or harm)
Irish
3 entries- aimhleasach adj (causing damage or harm)
- dochrach adj (causing damage or harm)
- díobhálach adj (causing damage or harm)
Italian
2 entries- dannoso adj (causing damage or harm)
- lesivo adj (causing damage or harm)
Japanese
3 entries- 害する adj (causing damage or harm)
- 損なう adj (causing damage or harm)
- 有害な adj (causing damage or harm)
Korean
1 entries- 해로운 adj (causing damage or harm)
Lithuanian
1 entries- nuostolingas adj (causing damage or harm)
Māori
1 entries- whakawhara adj (causing damage or harm)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- skadelig adj (causing damage or harm)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- skadeleg adj (causing damage or harm)
Polish
2 entries- szkodliwy adj (causing damage or harm)
- szkodnik noun (anything harmful)
Portuguese
2 entries- danoso adj (causing damage or harm)
- prejudicial adj (causing damage or harm)
Romanian
2 entries- dăunător adj (causing damage or harm)
- vătămător adj (causing damage or harm)
Russian
2 entries- вре́дный adj (causing damage or harm)
- вредоно́сный adj (causing damage or harm)
Spanish
4 entries- dañino adj (causing damage or harm)
- desventajoso adj (causing damage or harm)
- detrimental adj (causing damage or harm)
- perjudicial adj (causing damage or harm)
Swedish
1 entries- skadlig adj (causing damage or harm)
Turkish
1 entries- zararlı adj (causing damage or harm)
Ukrainian
1 entries- шкідли́вий adj (causing damage or harm)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Indeed, computers are detrimental.
Source: tatoeba (2065121)
Freeganism is a total boycott of an economic system where the profit motive has eclipsed ethical considerations and where massively complex systems of productions ensure that all the products we buy will have detrimental impacts most of which we may never even consider.
Source: tatoeba (4066484)
If you eat a spoonful of sugar or a small piece of whole wheat bread, it seems that the bread would be less detrimental.
Source: tatoeba (4482876)
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