be a detriment to health

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• detriment — ► NOUN ▪ harm or damage: she fasted to the detriment of her health. DERIVATIVES detrimental adjective detrimentally adjective. ORIGIN Latin detrimentum, from deterere wear away …   English terms dictionary

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• detriment — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin detrimentum, from deterere to wear away, impair, from de + terere to rub more at throw Date: 15th century 1. injury, damage < did hard work without detriment… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• (to) the detriment of somebody — to the detriment of sb/sth | to sb/sth s detriment idiom resulting in harm or damage to sb/sth • He was engrossed in his job to the detriment of his health. Main entry: ↑detrimentidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• (to) the detriment of something — to the detriment of sb/sth | to sb/sth s detriment idiom resulting in harm or damage to sb/sth • He was engrossed in his job to the detriment of his health. Main entry: ↑detrimentidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• (to) somebody detriment — to the detriment of sb/sth | to sb/sth s detriment idiom resulting in harm or damage to sb/sth • He was engrossed in his job to the detriment of his health. Main entry: ↑detrimentidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• (to) something's detriment — to the detriment of sb/sth | to sb/sth s detriment idiom resulting in harm or damage to sb/sth • He was engrossed in his job to the detriment of his health. Main entry: ↑detrimentidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• damage — damageable, adj. damageableness, damageability, n. damager, n. /dam ij/, n., v., damaged, damaging. n. 1. injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness: The storm did considerable damage to the crops. 2. damages …   Universalium