DETRIMENT


Meaning of DETRIMENT in English

noun

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According to the report, district managers are obsessed with control and compliance to the detriment of student achievement.

But a presumption of inevitable environmental detriment is premature.

He said the annexation should be a benefit, not a detriment , to taxpayers.

Hyperbole is a way of life in the culinary world, much to its detriment .

The idea is to make as much money as possible from news departments, sometimes to the detriment of truth and journalism.

This suggestion turned out to be greatly to my own detriment .

Without doing so, we could miss vital factors of detriment both to water voles and other wetland wildlife.

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