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    [Adjective]  | "det*ri*men*tal" | \ ˌde-trə-ˈmen-tᵊl \


    1: obviously harmful : damaging


    Origin: 1590 ;

      {see: |detriment|detriment} + {see: |-al:1|-al:1};

    [Noun]  | "det*ri*men*tal" | \ ˌde-trə-ˈmen-tᵊl \


    1: an undesirable or harmful person or thing


    Origin: 1831 ;

     Derivative of {see: |detrimental:1|detrimental:1};

    [Adjective]  | "detrimental" 


    1: causing or capable of causing harm;


      * e.g., " ... there were serious concerns that the factory's waste was detrimental to the local environment "





     [ "detrimental" ]

    1: i group or gang of 5-10 people usually killing anything in thier path.

      * e.g.,  ... example TEAM3D vs cal-o 

     [ "Detrimental" ]

    1: Detrimental is an adjective that means harmful or tending to cause harm. It can also be used to mean prejudicial, disadvantageous or counterproductive.

      * e.g.,  ... Most people realise that smoking is detrimental to your health. 

     [ "detriment" ]

    1: A result of harm or damage. A negative effect.

      * e.g.,  ... He was elected to the detriment of every burrough in New York.. She thought that her brains were a detriment to her appeal. 

     [ "Detrimental" ]

    1: of much or great significance or consequence

      * e.g.,  ... a detrimental event in world history 

     [ "detrimentalism" ]

    1: 1- N. The act and/or process of causing harm or damage to everyone around you in a Call of Duty game.

      * e.g.,  ... GGlogics keeps failing to properly setup the rules for the game, therefore, he is the definition of detrimentalism. 

     [ "friends with detriments" ]

    1: The opposite of friends with benefits. A close friend who relies on you emotionally but there is no physical intimacy Involved. See also: HMNR.

      * e.g.,  ... I've known Leila for three years. She calls me up to talk whenever she has a fight with one of the losers she happens to be seeing. I like her a lot but we are totally just friends with detriments.  

     [ "friends with detriments" ]

    1: the opposite of a friend with benefits. this a person with whom you maintain some form of emotional (hopefully mutual) relationship, but for whatever reason has ceased the physical (sexual) aspects. it may be an on again off again situation or just one that has stagnated to no longer manifest itself in physical affection though for some god forsaken reason still won't die completely. inexplicably these arrangements call for mutual exclusivity resulting in two sexually unsatisfied parties

      * e.g.,  ... I totally would've hooked up with that chick but I still got this friends with detriments thing going with suzy 

     [ "Detrimentally horny" ]

    1: Down bad horny.

      * e.g.,  ... Doinked is detrimentally horny. 

     [ "self-detriment" ]

    1: blaming one's self, hurting one's self, etc

      * e.g.,  ... Her words were dripping with self-detriment. 


     [ "self-detriment" ]

    2: almost everything negative that you do to yourself belongs in this category

     [ "Detrimental Information" ]

    1: Compound noun. Information that one is better off not knowing or being exposed to.

      * e.g.,  ... Bro 1: That chick you're crushing on was enthusiastically promiscuous for a year after she divorced. Bro 2: That's detrimental information, man. 

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