# prejudicial

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌprɛdʒʊˈdɪʃl/ · frequency rank #41,819

## Definitions
1. Exhibiting prejudice or bias.
2. Causing harm or injury; detrimental, harmful or injurious.
3. Tending to convince based on past history rather than on evidence about the case at hand.

## Etymology
From Middle English prejudiceele, prejudicial, prejudiciall, prejudiciel, prejudiciell, prejudycyall, from Old French prejudicial, prejudiciel and Medieval Latin prēiūdiciālis.

## Common misspellings (16)
`perjudicial`, `pprejudicial`, `prejduicial`, `prejjudicial`, `prejudciial`, `prejuddicial`, `prejudicail`, `prejudiccial`, `prejudiciall`, `prejudicila`, `prejudiical`, `prejuidcial`, `preujdicial`, `prjeudicial`, `prrejudicial`, `rpejudicial`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/prejudicial