Meaning & use
prejudicial
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Tending to cause harm to someone's rights or interests, often by creating unfair bias.
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The judge ruled that the photograph was too prejudicial to be shown to the jury.
Leaking the report early could be prejudicial to the company's ongoing negotiations.
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Prejudicial is common in legal contexts to describe evidence or statements likely to unfairly influence a judgment, distinct from simply being 'prejudiced' (holding a bias).
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