detriment
noun
det·ri·ment
ˈde-trə-mənt 
Examples of detriment in a Sentence
opponents of casino gambling claim that it is a detriment to society at large
the requirement that runners wear shoes for the race worked to his detriment since he was used to running barefoot
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This means that when Saturn is in Aries, the planet is in detriment and urges us to be selfish.
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That has also pushed Canada away from free markets, and back to the statism and protectionism of the Canadian past—which will be to America’s detriment.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025
Maybe the detriment to a New York team that opened the Eastern Conference Finals with a pair of losses at Madison Square Garden is overblown.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
All these different things to keep things from imploding, all these different things that have been the detriment to a lot of history...
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Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 21 May 2025
That has also pushed Canada away from free markets, and back to the statism and protectionism of the Canadian past—which will be to America’s detriment.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025
Maybe the detriment to a New York team that opened the Eastern Conference Finals with a pair of losses at Madison Square Garden is overblown.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
All these different things to keep things from imploding, all these different things that have been the detriment to a lot of history...
—EW.com, 26 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for detriment
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“Detriment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detriment. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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detriment
noun
det·ri·ment
ˈde-trə-mənt
: injury or damage or its cause
Legal Definition
detriment
noun
det·ri·ment
ˈde-trə-mənt
2
: a giving up of a thing or mode of conduct to which one is entitled that constitutes consideration for a contract
called also legal detriment
detrimentally
adverb
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