"prejudicial" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more prejudicial [comparative], most prejudicial [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪʃəl Etymology: From Middle English prejudiceele, prejudicial, prejudiciall, prejudiciel, prejudiciell, prejudycyall, from Old French prejudicial, prejudiciel and Medieval Latin prēiūdiciālis. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|prejudiceele}} Middle English prejudiceele, {{m|enm|prejudicial}} prejudicial, {{m|enm|prejudiciall}} prejudiciall, {{m|enm|prejudiciel}} prejudiciel, {{m|enm|prejudiciell}} prejudiciell, {{m|enm|prejudycyall}} prejudycyall, {{der|en|fro|prejudicial}} Old French prejudicial, {{m|fro|prejudiciel}} prejudiciel, {{der|en|ML.|prēiūdiciālis}} Medieval Latin prēiūdiciālis Head templates: {{en-adj}} prejudicial (comparative more prejudicial, superlative most prejudicial)
  1. Exhibiting prejudice or bias. Translations (exhibiting prejudice or bias): avec préjugé (French), voreingenommen (German), prejuicioso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-prejudicial-en-adj-~PmsmIsF Disambiguation of 'exhibiting prejudice or bias': 93 2 4
  2. Causing harm or injury; detrimental, harmful or injurious. Synonyms: harmful Translations (causing harm or injury; detrimental, harmful or injurious): вреден (vreden) (Bulgarian), в ущърб на (v uštǎrb na) (Bulgarian), préjudiciable (French), nuisible (French), abträglich (German), prejudiciabil (Romanian), perjudicial (Spanish), skadlig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-prejudicial-en-adj--eCzGNZp Disambiguation of 'causing harm or injury; detrimental, harmful or injurious': 2 96 3
  3. (law) Tending to convince based on past history rather than on evidence about the case at hand. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-prejudicial-en-adj-VaumeilF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 24 47 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prejudical, prejudicall [obsolete] Derived forms: non-prejudicial

Alternative forms

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