How do you pronounce prejudicial?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌprɛdʒʊˈdɪʃl/.

Where does prejudicial come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

prejudicial

/ˌprɛdʒʊˈdɪʃl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables: prej-u-di-cial
IPA: /ˌprɛdʒʊˈdɪʃl/

Scrabble Score

Letters

Syllables

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Exhibiting prejudice or bias.

adj

Causing harm or injury; detrimental, harmful or injurious.

adj

Tending to convince based on past history rather than on evidence about the case at hand.

Example Sentences

"I must believe that the absence of specific language in our Policy Book with respect to sexual preferences cannot be construed as encouragement to prejudicial behavior or treatment."
"Were I to give you money, for whatever reason, it would be extremely prejudicial to your chances in court if you were unfortunate enough to appear there."
"The judge had granted the DA a one-week extension with the caustic admonition that the case would be summarily dismissed if at that time probative, as opposed to prejudicial, evidence was not produced."

Etymology

From Middle English prejudiceele, prejudicial, prejudiciall, prejudiciel, prejudiciell, prejudycyall, from Old French prejudicial, prejudiciel and Medieval Latin prēiūdiciālis.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: prejudiceele, prejudicial, prēiūdiciālis

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˌprɛdʒʊˈdɪʃl/

Inflected Forms

more prejudicial (comparative) most prejudicial (superlative) prejudical (alternative, obsolete) prejudicall (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

antiprejudicial prejudicially prejudicialness unprejudicial

Phrases

non-prejudicial

Synonyms

harmful damaging deleterious detrimental hurtful inimical injurious mischievous nocent nocuous noxious noisome

Antonyms

nonprejudicial probative

Rhymes With

official initial artificial judicial beneficial unofficial superficial sacrificial interstitial fishel mischel rishel