Category:Prejudicial

Prej`u*di"cial a. Etym: [l. praejudicialis belonging to a preceding Judgment: cf. F. préjudiciel.]

1. Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a Prejudicial eye. [obs.] Holyday.

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.