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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And second, when vacant positions become politicized, as this administration seeks to do, partisanship is elevated over ability and truth, to the detriment of agency missions and the American people.
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2025
And although realists don’t place much stock in rhetoric, such talk can matter—in a bad way—by shaping international expectations about American intentions to the detriment of U.S. interests.
—Jonathan Kirshner, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2025
Local residents were dividing their scarce resources to operate two shrinking school systems, one private and one public — to the detriment of pretty much everyone there.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 18 Jan. 2025
Shape, structure and hard work were often foregrounded to the detriment of other areas, even if Dyche has been right to point to a lack of quality in the final third.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2025
And although realists don’t place much stock in rhetoric, such talk can matter—in a bad way—by shaping international expectations about American intentions to the detriment of U.S. interests.
—Jonathan Kirshner, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2025
Local residents were dividing their scarce resources to operate two shrinking school systems, one private and one public — to the detriment of pretty much everyone there.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 18 Jan. 2025
Shape, structure and hard work were often foregrounded to the detriment of other areas, even if Dyche has been right to point to a lack of quality in the final third.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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