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Detriment Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Detriment has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a damage or loss

"The sudden power outage caused significant detriment to our server operations, resulting in hours of lost data."

2

Harm, hurt, damage.

"The heavy traffic caused significant detriment to our delivery schedule, forcing us to miss several appointments."

Verb
1

To be detrimental to; to harm or mar.

"The constant noise from the construction site was detrimental to our ability to focus on the project."

See Also
impassible passible harm circumlocution office detrimental macrocephaly macrocephalic hurt
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
damage
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
expense
Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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