PREJUDICIAL

prejudicial. Prejudicial, a. injurious, hurtful, contrary

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Prej′u‐di″cial (?), a. [[L. praejudicialis belonging to a preceding judgment: cf. F. préjudiciel.]] 1. 1. Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a prejudicial eye. Holyday.
2. 2. Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental. Hooker.
His going away . . . was most prejudicial and most ruinous to the king's affairs. Clarendon. — Prej′u‐di″cial‐ly, adv. — Prej′u‐di″cial‐ness, n.