Definition for Prejudicial:

• Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental.

Synonyms for Prejudicial:

• adj.

  •damaging (adjective)
  • mischievous,
  • nocent.
  •deleterious (adjective)
  • more prejudicious,
  • more ruining,
  • most prejudicious,
  • pre-judicious,
  • more destroying,
  • most ruining,
  • de stroying,
  • most destroying,
  • de-stroying,
  • pre judicious.
  •detrimental (adjective)
  • un favorable,
  • un-favorable.
  •disadvantageous (adjective)
  • de-rogatory,
  • un profitable,
  • more debitside,
  • un complimentary,
  • dis advantageous,
  • most downside,
  • in-expedient,
  • ill-timed,
  • more detracting,
  • most debit-side,
  • more debit side,
  • most debitside,
  • more uncomplimentary,
  • de rogatory,
  • un-complimentary,
  • most dyslogistic,
  • objectionable,
  • most debit side,
  • most detracting,
  • debitside,
  • on debit side,
  • in-opportune,
  • more dyslogistic,
  • in opportune,
  • illtimed,
  • most uncomplimentary,
  • un-profitable,
  • in expedient,
  • more debit-side,
  • more downside,
  • dis-advantageous.
  •discriminatory (adjective)
  • discriminative.
  •harmful, undermining (adjective)
  • evil,
  • counterproductive,
  • differential,
  • inimical,
  • bad,
  • discriminatory,
  • unfavorable,
  • Nocuous,
  • bigoted.
  •hurtful (adjective)
  • more wounding,
  • un kind,
  • un-kindest,
  • most wounding,
  • up setting,
  • un kindest,
  • un-kinder,
  • most hurting,
  • un-kind,
  • up-setting,
  • more hurting,
  • un kinder.
  •pernicious (adjective)
  • Miasmatic,
  • maleficent,
  • miasmic.
  •tendentious (adjective)
  • most chauvinistic,
  • dis posed,
  • dis-posed,
  • one sided,
  • chauvinistic,
  • more chauvinistic,
  • pre possessed,
  • pre-possessed,
  • onesided.

• n.

  •
  • perilous,
  • ruinous,
  • hazardous,
  • disastrous,
  • risky,
  • unsafe.
  •
  • like,
  • straight.
  •harmful (noun)
  • harmful.
  •unfair (noun)
  • unjustified,
  • unreasonable.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Prepossessed.

Paraphrases for Prejudicial:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    injurious, damaging, noxious, harmful.
  • Proper noun, singular
    harmful.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    harmful.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    pre-trial, tendentious, pernicious, pretrial, hurtful, hazardous, unfavorable, destructive, bad, impaired, unhelpful, preliminary, nefarious, perverse, nuisance, discriminatory, unhealthy, affected, offensive.
  • Verb, past tense
    affected.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    damages, spots.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    prejudiced, deleterious, adverse, inimical, disadvantageous, counterproductive, disruptive, negative, unfavourable, contrary, harm, counter-productive, undesirable, unfair, dangerous.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    harms.

Antonyms for Prejudicial:

• adj.

  • harmful, undermining
    unprejudiced, Assisting, beneficial, nice, impartial, Aiding, good, approving, just, fair, kind, helpful, unbiased, advantageous, friendly, favorable.
  • Other antonyms:
    well-disposed, noninfectious, nonfatal, salutary, curative, benignant, positive, wholesome, healthy, sound, complying, remedial, secure, understanding, cordial, nonpolluting, salubrious, supportive, nondestructive, nonvenomous, nontoxic, nonlethal, palliative, unresistant, healthful, amiable, useful, noncorrosive, nonpoisonous, amicable, tolerant, propitious, hospitable, agreeable, congenial, affable, sympathetic.

Prejudicial Sentence Examples:

• In France, and that, too, during the most serious epoch of modern history, no woman, unless it be Brunehaut or Fredegonde, has suffered from popular error so much as Catherine de' Medici; whereas Marie de' Medici, all of whose actions were prejudicial to France, has escaped the shame which ought to cover her name.

• I fear that the incident must have a very prejudicial effect upon his career.