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Prejudicialness

Prejudicial \Prej`u*di"cial\, a. [L. praejudicialis belonging to a preceding judgment: cf. F. pr['e]judiciel.]

  1. Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a prejudicial eye. [Obs.]
    --Holyday.

  2. Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental.
    --Hooker.

    His going away . . . was most prejudicial and most ruinous to the king's affairs.
    --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] -- Prej`u*di"cial*ly, adv. -- Prej`u*di"cial*ness, n.