# prejudicial
## English
### Alternative forms

* prejudical, prejudicall (obsolete)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɪʃəl

### Adjective

prejudicial (comparative more prejudicial, superlative most prejudicial)
* Exhibiting prejudice or bias.
    Antonym: nonprejudicial
** 1978 December 9, J. T. Harris, quotee, “Polaroid Gay Workers”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 2: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.
* Causing harm or injury; detrimental, harmful or injurious.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:harmful
** 2011, Minette Walters, The Scold's Bridle: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.
* (law) Tending to convince based on past history rather than on evidence about the case at hand.
    Antonym: probative
** 1999, Dana Stabenow, Hunter's Moon, →ISBN, page 109: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.

#### Derived terms

* non-prejudicial

#### Translations
## Galician
### Adjective

prejudicial m or f (plural prejudiciais, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of prexudicial

### Further reading

* “prejudicial” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾe.ʒu.d͡ʒi.siˈaw/ [pɾe.ʒu.d͡ʒi.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /pɾe.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈsjaw/ [pɾe.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈsjaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨ.ʒu.diˈsjal/ [pɾɨ.ʒu.ðiˈsjaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨ.ʒu.diˈsjal/ [pɾɨ.ʒu.ðiˈsjaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨ.ʒu.diˈsja.li/ [pɾɨ.ʒu.ðiˈsja.li]
* Hyphenation: pre‧ju‧di‧ci‧al

### Adjective

prejudicial m or f (plural prejudiciais)
* harmful
    Synonyms: danoso, nocivo, daninho
* prejudicial

#### Derived terms

* prejudicialidade
* prejudicialmente

### Further reading

* “prejudicial” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “prejudicial”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “prejudicial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French préjudiciel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pre.ʒu.di.t͡ʃiˈal/

### Adjective

prejudicial m or n (feminine singular prejudicială, masculine plural prejudiciali, feminine and neuter plural prejudiciale)
* prejudicial

#### Declension
### Further reading

* prejudicial in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Etymology

From pre- +‎ judicial.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /pɾexudiˈθjal/ [pɾe.xu.ð̞iˈθjal]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /pɾexudiˈsjal/ [pɾe.xu.ð̞iˈsjal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: pre‧ju‧di‧cial

### Adjective

prejudicial m or f (masculine and feminine plural prejudiciales)
* prior to the administration of justice

### See also

* perjudicial
* prejuiciado

### Further reading

* “prejudicial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10