detriment

/'detrimənt/

Thân thiện

His constant tardiness was a detriment to the team's success.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Damage or loss: "detriment" refers to harm, damage, or a loss that impairs the value, usefulness, or condition of something or someone.
   • A disadvantage or drawback: It can also denote a circumstance or factor that causes harm or puts someone at a disadvantage.

Usage and Examples

• Noun:
  • Smoking is a serious detriment to your health. (Smoking causes significant harm to your health.)
  • The new policy worked to the detriment of small businesses. (The new policy operated in a way that caused harm to small businesses.)
  • He continued his studies without detriment to his part-time job. (He continued his studies without causing harm to his part-time job.)

Advanced Usage

• "To the detriment of (someone/something)": This phrase is used to indicate that an action or situation is causing harm or disadvantage to a specified person or thing.
  • The company prioritized speed to the detriment of quality. (The company focused on speed, which harmed the quality.)
• "Without detriment to (someone/something)": This phrase indicates that an action occurs without causing harm or loss.
  • The schedule can be adjusted without detriment to the overall project timeline. (The schedule can be changed without harming the overall project timeline.)

Variants and Related Words

• Detrimental (adjective): Causing harm or damage.
  • Lack of sleep can be detrimental to your performance.
• Detrimentally (adverb): In a harmful or damaging manner.
  • The decision affected the community detrimentally.

Synonyms

• Harm: Physical or mental damage.
• Damage: Impairment to the value, usefulness, or normal function of something.
• Loss: The fact or process of losing something or someone.
• Disadvantage: An unfavorable circumstance or condition that reduces the chances of success.
• Prejudice (archaic in this sense): Harm or injury that results from some action or judgment.

Antonyms

• Benefit: An advantage or profit gained from something.
• Advantage: A condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable position.
• Gain: An increase in wealth or resources.
• Boon: A thing that is helpful or beneficial.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• "Suffer a detriment": To experience harm or loss.
  • The local wildlife suffered a detriment from the pollution.
• "Constitute a detriment": To amount to or represent a harm.
  • The high cost constitutes a major detriment to potential buyers.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a damage or loss

Từ đồng nghĩa

• hurt