prejudicial

Questions about prejudicial

What does prejudicial mean?

prejudicial means "(sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in prejudicial?

prejudicial has 4 syllables: prej-u-dic-ial. The stress falls on "dic". In IPA it is /ˌpɹɛdʒəˈdɪʃəl/.

What is another word for prejudicial?

Close synonyms include damaging, detrimental, prejudicious, prejudicious. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prejudicial a common word?

prejudicial is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with prejudicial?

1 word rhymes with prejudicial. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.