prejudicial

IPA: prɛdʒʌdˈɪʃʌɫ

Exhibiting prejudice or bias.
Causing harm or injury; detrimental, harmful or injurious.
(law) Tending to convince based on past history rather than on evidence about the case at hand.

Examples of "prejudicial" in Sentences

You can ` t rely on what is sometimes known as prejudicial spillover or the melted cheese theory.
It notes that in different types of legislation, the word prejudicial is interpreted differently.
The accused man sat in the dock with his back to us, while his defense lawyer complained about what he called prejudicial behavior by the prosecution.
Lord Cantrip had not said a word prejudicial to that wretch Bonteen; much less had he hinted at any future arrangements which would be comfortable to poor Phineas.
All such placeisms are rooted in prejudicial customs and flower into full distastefulness and unfairness when people hide behind the unspoken prejudice of tradition, religion, or custom and remain either unwilling or unable to judge people as individuals.
The Court noted that double jeopardy is generally not implicated when a defendant obtains a verdict or chooses to prevent one by successfully seeking a mistrial, but that there is an exception to that rule that applies when a prosecutor has engaged in prejudicial misconduct deliberately intended to provoke a mistrial motion.