Pre-jū'di-cal1, a.
a. Pertaining to the determination of some matter not previously decided; as, a prejudicial inquiry or action at law.
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Prejudicial
Prēj'ū-dĭ'cial2, a.
(-dish'al), a. [Lat. præjudicialis, Fr. préjudiciel, Sp. prejudicial, perjudicial, perjuicial, It. pregiudiciale.]
Sense 1. Biased or blinded by prejudices; as, a prejudicial eye. [Obs.] Hooker.
Sense 2. Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental.
His going away the next morning, with all his troops, was most prejudicial to the king's affairs. Clarendon.
One of the young ladies reads while the others are at work; so that the learning of the family is not at all prejudicial to its manufactures. Addison.