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The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

prejudicial

SYLLABICATION:	prej·u·di·cial
PRONUNCIATION:	prj-dshl
ADJECTIVE:	1. Detrimental; injurious. 2. Causing or tending to preconceived judgment or convictions: Jurors were told not to read the newspapers to avoid being exposed to prejudicial publicity for the defendant.
OTHER FORMS:	preju·dicial·ly —ADVERB preju·dicial·ness —NOUN


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