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as in detrimental
causing or capable of causing harm
pretrial publicity that may be extremely prejudicial to a defendant's right to a fair trial
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as in adverse
opposed to one's interests
the defense will try to counterbalance the mass of prejudicial evidence presented by the prosecution
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Recent Examples of prejudicial
The media roundly mocked the incident, which left 19 people hospitalized, an attitude reflecting prejudicial views of the event-goers’ lifestyle.
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Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
But his lawyers continue to wage an aggressive defense on his behalf, attacking the government’s case as tainted by, among other things, a prejudicial leak of footage aired by CNN that showed Combs assaulting his then-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
The judge rejected the prosecution’s request as too prejudicial and unnecessary.
—Terry Spencer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2024
But with Lee openly referring to Qua, prosecutors allowed the jury to presume that the co-defendants were in jail, a detail that was meant to be concealed because it is considered prejudicial.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2024
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Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
But his lawyers continue to wage an aggressive defense on his behalf, attacking the government’s case as tainted by, among other things, a prejudicial leak of footage aired by CNN that showed Combs assaulting his then-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
The judge rejected the prosecution’s request as too prejudicial and unnecessary.
—Terry Spencer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2024
But with Lee openly referring to Qua, prosecutors allowed the jury to presume that the co-defendants were in jail, a detail that was meant to be concealed because it is considered prejudicial.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prejudicial
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But at his worst, these game-breaking qualities can be detrimental.—
Elias Burke,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Such responses hinder the efficacy of gene editing treatments and could also be detrimental, eliminating the cells targeted for modification.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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There will be no adverse consequences for timely reporting this information.—
Jackson Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Jan. 2025
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The addition of seaweed improved beef cattle growth rates with no adverse health effects.—
Heide Brandes,
thehustle.co,
24 Jan. 2025
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In an October 2022 article in the Montreal Gazette, Bryn Austin, a professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, highlighted how BMI can lead to harmful outcomes.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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Market intervention is always and everywhere harmful simply because markets are people.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Nearby residents have endured years of negative health impacts, including higher-than-average rates of lung cancer in the surrounding county, polluted air, and environmental degradation — all while thousands of tons of trash is trucked in and piled on to the mountain of garbage each day.—
Ryan Castalia,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2025
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That may only trigger the negative tipping processes.—
Andy Extance,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2025
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Mother Nature exploded in Los Angeles this month with the most damaging wildfires in the city’s, and likely the nation’s, history.—
Carmen Balber,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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The deficit hawks said the package must be paid for by other changes to the budget — a stipulation that infuriated Republicans from New York and New Jersey, where the storm was most damaging, and triggered an internal fight within the GOP that benefited Democrats politically.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
16 Jan. 2025
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And in the real world, government actors try every trick possible to evade an unfavorable judgment.—
James S. Burling,
National Review,
23 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Anxiety is mounting that U.S. President Trump might seek to quickly end the war in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on terms that are unfavorable to Ukraine, or once again refuse to defend European allies who do not boost their military budgets.—
Lorne Cook,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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New companies with dangerous ideas about affordable, efficient systems are generally shut out.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Inappropriate links in search results get a red highlight and icon, just like dangerous links.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
24 Jan. 2025
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Instead, she was hounded out of the classroom by authorities hostile to Western literature.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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Last year, Trump's predecessor Joe Biden fired the inspector general of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, after an investigation found the official had created a hostile work environment.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Prejudicial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prejudicial. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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