Prejudicialness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prejudicial \Prej`u*di"cial\, a. [L. praejudicialis belonging to
     a preceding judgment: cf. F. pr['e]judiciel.]
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     1. Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look
        with a prejudicial eye. [Obs.] --Holyday.
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     2. Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious;
        disadvantageous; detrimental. --Hooker.
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              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.
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