|prejə|dishəl adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin praejudicialis, from Latin praejudicium prejudice + -alis -al
1. : tending to injure or impair : hurtful , damaging , detrimental
too high a temperature is prejudicial to the soap — T.P.Hilditch
2. obsolete : being or taking the form of prejudice : biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices
3. : leading to premature judgment or unwarranted opinion
• prej·u·di·cial·ly -shəlē, -li adverb
• prej·u·di·cial·ness noun -es