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Synonyms
adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous, nocuous, noxious, pernicious, wicked
Antonyms
anodyne, benign, harmless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, safe
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Introducing Debra Clayton’s death is unnecessary and the prejudicial impact would outweigh the probative value of the evidence. — Jeff Weiner, orlandosentinel.com, "Jurors in Markeith Loyd’s 1st trial can be told he shot Debra Clayton — but not that she died, judge rules," 24 July 2019 Cosby’s lawyers called the decision to let five testify at the retrial arbitrary and prejudicial. — Time, "An Ebola Drug Trial Ended Early Because It Was So Successful. That Could Change How Doctors Handle Future Outbreaks," 13 Aug. 2019 Cosby’s lawyers called the decision to let five testify at the retrial arbitrary and prejudicial. — Washington Post, "Cosby lawyers ask appeals court to toss #MeToo conviction," 12 Aug. 2019 The researchers found Merseyside county, home to Liverpool, experienced an almost 19% decline in prejudicial crimes after 2017 when Salah joined. — Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa, "Liverpool’s Mo Salah is reducing Islamophobia in the UK one goal at a time," 20 June 2019 Laettner was found to have committed prejudicial misconduct, a lesser violation, for many of the statements toward or about women’s appearances. — Megan Cassidy, SFChronicle.com, "Panel sustains findings of misconduct against Contra Costa County judge," 14 June 2019 Prosecutors lodge charges against suspects when the alleged misconduct is prejudicial to good order and discipline or brings discredit upon the services. — Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Miramar Marine officer accused of beating wife, bedding mistresses across three states," 1 Mar. 2018 The league’s constitution makes clear that Silver can severely punish any franchise, owner or team employee who, in Silver’s opinion, is guilty of conduct prejudicial or detrimental to the NBA. — Michael Mccann, SI.com, "How Will the NBA Respond to the Mavericks’ Misconduct Allegations?," 20 Feb. 2018 In practice, that is prejudicial: Many schools treat virtually any behavior by the accuser—including actions that real courts properly interpret as evidence of deception—as consistent with truthfulness. — Kc Johnson And, WSJ, "DeVos Keeps Her Promise on Campus Due Process," 18 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'prejudicial.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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