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detriment

, hurt, damage.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

, hurt, damage.

“But marriage in secret, Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch — a fatal secret. I receive money from you, and I'm suddenly asked the question, 'What's that money for?' My hands are tied; I cannot answer to the detriment of my sister, to the detriment…
Origin: From , from , from to rub off, wear, from down, away + to rub. Detriment is related to the word detritus, and built on similar foundations to the word impediment. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • I respectfully disagree. Yes, he’s dying, I agree with that but it doesn’t mean we need to cover it when the whole Republican Party has gotten on board with AIPAC. We have to keep shining a light on the orchestrators. It’ll go on long after he kicks it to all of our detriment.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • This morning’s conversation with spouse: we are terrible at self-promotion. We’re also trying to decide if that’s a detriment or a positive.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • I guess that majority of American farmers voted with their hate instead of their head. Boggles the mind that they’d vote to the total detriment of their families and their livelihoods, doesn’t it?

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • We should no longer put up with Politicians who simply use, manipulate and exploit voters simply to get elected so as they can just carry on as they like, serving vested interests to the detriment of voters, of the economy and ultimately of our society.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • As a possible addendum: the USA exit from WHO will presumably reduce the effectiveness of the global monitoring systems to the detriment the USA and the other 96% of humanity.

    Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

(astrology) The position or state of a planet when it is in the sign opposite its house, considered to weaken it.

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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK

(UK, obsolete) A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.

“There’s far more evidence for coffee’s benefits than harms,” Dr. Cryer said — which is something worth keeping in mind, he added, while you scroll through social media stories that profess the brew’s detriments.
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  • None of this has any relevance whatsoever to my original analysis, by the way, which was that the media was deliberately omitting or obfuscating crucial information to further a political narrative, to the detriment of British Jews and their safety.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • Trans people are a detriment to the financial growth of Bluesky so more and more bluechecks are going to be posting transphobia because they know they won't get banned for it

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • Another example: forgetting a detail in a conversation during a split results in thinking of ones self as an awful friend or terrible person unworthy of having friends at all— thinking of themselves as a detriment to others.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • This is like a rare example of a genre having a golden era to the detriment of itself.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • Heads up: No one else is responsible for Trump's actions. No one. Not his Dad, not Biden, not Jesus, not MAGA voters. What he is doing to America he has done all by himself, much to our detriment, defying recommendations from experts and lifelong public servants.

    Bluesky· May 2026
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