to the detriment of
idiom
formal
: in a way that is harmful to (someone or something)
He puts all his time into his career, to the detriment of his personal life.
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Bargatze is just hitting the same beat, over and over again, to the detriment of the show.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
By conceding seats to activist principals, boards risk importing the activist’s short-term agenda directly into the boardroom, often to the detriment of long-term shareholder value.
—Kai Liekefett, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Politics is treated as team-versus-team entertainment to the detriment of us all.
—Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Stories of Clough’s boozing have been exaggerated over the years, to the detriment of the man who led Forest to back-to-back European Cups in 1979 and 1980.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
By conceding seats to activist principals, boards risk importing the activist’s short-term agenda directly into the boardroom, often to the detriment of long-term shareholder value.
—Kai Liekefett, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Politics is treated as team-versus-team entertainment to the detriment of us all.
—Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Stories of Clough’s boozing have been exaggerated over the years, to the detriment of the man who led Forest to back-to-back European Cups in 1979 and 1980.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
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“To the detriment of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20detriment%20of. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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