The word Detriment means a loss or damage. It is a noun. It has been derived from the Latin word dētrīmentum and was first used back in 1437.
Pronunciation: de-truh-muhnt
Meanings of Detriment
1. Damage, harm, or disadvantage.
2. Something that causes harm or injury.
Master’s Tip to Learn Detriment
The word Detriment can be roughly broken up into de + sentiment where ‘de’ means something negative and sentiments are ones feelings which can be related to something that causes damage to one’s feelings therefore harmful.
Sentence examples for Detriment:
1. Cigarette smoking is a detriment to people’s health.
2. Personal liberties have gotten way out of hand, to the detriment of public safety.
relate detriment to retirement–keyword detri means destroy..like detroid..
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