to the detriment of
idiom
formal
: in a way that is harmful to (someone or something)
He puts all his time into his career, to the detriment of his personal life.
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Operating a motor vehicle has gotten easier over the last few decades, possibly to the detriment of drivers.
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Charles Singh, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Bassetti asked Schwarzenberger about competition from the likes of MrBeast and potential concerns that YouTube could change its terms of trade to the detriment of The Sidemen.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025
This legislative session, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston inserted himself in Capitol politics to the detriment of Denver’s most vulnerable.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 3 June 2025
This evolution could undermine India’s rise by intensifying communal tensions and exacerbating problems with its neighbors, forcing it to redirect security resources inward to the detriment of outward power projection.
—Ashley J. Tellis, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
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Charles Singh, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Bassetti asked Schwarzenberger about competition from the likes of MrBeast and potential concerns that YouTube could change its terms of trade to the detriment of The Sidemen.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025
This legislative session, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston inserted himself in Capitol politics to the detriment of Denver’s most vulnerable.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 3 June 2025
This evolution could undermine India’s rise by intensifying communal tensions and exacerbating problems with its neighbors, forcing it to redirect security resources inward to the detriment of outward power projection.
—Ashley J. Tellis, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
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“To the detriment of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20detriment%20of. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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