Examples of detriment in a Sentence
opponents of casino gambling claim that it is a detriment to society at large the requirement that runners wear shoes for the race worked to his detriment since he was used to running barefoot
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Pressing aggressively, in the way that Arsenal did at the Etihad, won’t work every week because few teams will be as wedded to playing out from the back as City — something that was to the home side’s detriment on Sunday, when Gianluigi Donnarumma conceded a farcical goal. —
Stuart James, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026 Prospect, a private equity company, has spurred scrutiny about the role of private equity in health care companies and concerns that such firms strip equity and cut costs to the detriment of the hospital and its patients. —Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026 This type of agony is always a detriment to mental health, even more so when someone is already predisposed to instability. —Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026 Resident Mark Youell said the board rightly voted this down and urged the board to continue to reject it, saying the detriments far exceed the benefits. —Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for detriment
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Stuart James, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026 Prospect, a private equity company, has spurred scrutiny about the role of private equity in health care companies and concerns that such firms strip equity and cut costs to the detriment of the hospital and its patients. —Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026 This type of agony is always a detriment to mental health, even more so when someone is already predisposed to instability. —Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026 Resident Mark Youell said the board rightly voted this down and urged the board to continue to reject it, saying the detriments far exceed the benefits. —Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for detriment
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“Detriment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/detriment. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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detriment
noun
det·ri·ment ˈde-trə-mənt 
: injury or damage or its cause
Legal Definition
detriment
noun
det·ri·ment ˈde-trə-mənt
2
: a giving up of a thing or mode of conduct to which one is entitled that constitutes consideration for a contract
called also legal detriment
detrimentally adverb
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