prejudicial

== English == === Alternative forms === prejudical, prejudicall (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English prejudiceele, prejudicial, prejudiciall, prejudiciel, prejudiciell, prejudycyall, from Old French prejudicial, prejudiciel and Medieval Latin prēiūdiciālis. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌprɛdʒʊˈdɪʃl/ Rhymes: -ɪʃəl === Adjective === prejudicial (comparative more prejudicial, superlative most prejudicial) Exhibiting prejudice or bias. Antonym: nonprejudicial Causing harm or injury; detrimental, harmful or injurious. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:harmful (law) Tending to convince based on past history rather than on evidence about the case at hand. Antonym: probative ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Galician == === Adjective === prejudicial m or f (plural prejudiciais, reintegrationist norm) reintegrationist spelling of prexudicial === Further reading === “prejudicial”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: pre‧ju‧di‧ci‧al === Adjective === prejudicial m or f (plural prejudiciais) harmful Synonyms: danoso, nocivo, daninho prejudicial ==== Derived terms ==== prejudicialidade prejudicialmente === Further reading === “prejudicial”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “prejudicial” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “prejudicial”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “prejudicial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French préjudiciel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pre.ʒu.di.t͡ʃiˈal/ === Adjective === prejudicial m or n (feminine singular prejudicială, masculine plural prejudiciali, feminine/neuter plural prejudiciale) prejudicial ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “prejudicial”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From pre- +‎ judicial. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɾexudiˈθjal/ [pɾe.xu.ð̞iˈθjal] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /pɾexudiˈsjal/ [pɾe.xu.ð̞iˈsjal] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -al Syllabification: pre‧ju‧di‧cial === Adjective === prejudicial m or f (masculine and feminine plural prejudiciales) prior to the administration of justice === See also === perjudicial prejuiciado === Further reading === “prejudicial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025