Definitions for detriment

detriment det·ri·ment

Spelling: [de-truh-muh nt]
IPA: /ˈdɛ trə mənt/

Detriment is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 314 anagrams from letters in detriment (deeimnrtt).

Definitions for detriment

noun

  1. loss, damage, disadvantage, or injury.
  2. a cause of loss or damage.

Origin of detriment

1400-50; late Middle English (Middle French) Latin dētrīmentum loss, damage, equivalent to dētrī- (see detritus) + -mentum -ment

Examples for detriment

But according to Rob Lowe, a man who possesses all of these qualities, being too pretty as an actor is actually a detriment.

The attorney cannot determine the relation himself, to his client's detriment.

This should be skimmed off as it forms, for it is a detriment to the jelly.

I do not mean that his mind or mental powers are in any way affected to their detriment.

There seems to be so much pressure to reinvent the wheel these days, to a detriment when it comes to TV programming.

It may be perfectly true that you can employ it to our detriment.

In geopolitics, this is where regions or states fracture into smaller, mutually-hostile units to the detriment of all.

Then others who depend on us will indulge theirs, to our detriment and misery.

We take our cultural icons very seriously, often to both their detriment and ours.

I really like jackets, and tend to buy them to the detriment of my need of all the other items.

Word Value for detriment
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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