How to Use prejudicial in a Sentence

prejudicial

adjective
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  • The judge ruled that the prejudicial effect of the evidence outweighed its value.
  • Deen said the gator pit comments were prejudicial and should not be played for the jury.
    — Daytona Beach News-Journal, OrlandoSentinel.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The court had no right to ask about any prejudicial pretexts.
    — Amy Davidson, The New Yorker, 9 May 2017
  • But not to go so far as to make the trial prejudicial,'' Hurwitz said.
    — Maxine Bernstein, OregonLive.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The bank, for its part, denies that its treatment of Lesane was in any way prejudicial or racist.
    — Whizy Kim, refinery29.com, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The 8th District’s opinion held that even the mention of LeVert’s death was prejudicial to Mills.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2022
  • White people, as a whole, do not have to fear being victims of prejudicial hate crimes in the wake of the Nashville suicide bombing.
    — Danielle Campoamor, refinery29.com, 29 Dec. 2020
  • His lawyers argued that, because there is no video of the initial encounter, showing the punch would be prejudicial.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2021
  • That’s where the art and the subtlety of humor comes in, when the joke is actually making fun of a sexist or prejudicial point of view.
    — Cindy Dampier, chicagotribune.com, 18 Jan. 2018
  • There is pride to be had where the prejudicial is practiced with precision in the tranche and triage of tactile terminations.
    — Fox News, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Childress countered that anything short of the full viewing by jurors would be prejudicial to Rak.
    — Dan Campana, Elgin Courier-News, 13 July 2017
  • All of this racial tension and prejudicial ways of thinking are terrible.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Felice’s attorney, Matthew Rist, argued the video was prejudicial and had nothing to do with the rioting charges.
    — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 16 May 2018
  • There is pride to be had where the prejudicial is practiced with precision in the trenchant triage of tactile terminations.
    — Jeff Giles, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2018
  • But the novel does not allow prideful Darcy and prejudicial Elizabeth to dwell in spite alone.
    — Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 13 May 2021
  • The video was introduced into evidence over the objection of Cruz’s lawyers, who argued that the footage was too prejudicial, and the witness statements were enough.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 19 July 2022
  • The motion said the other plaintiffs would proceed with the case and that her withdrawal at this stage would have no negative or prejudicial effect.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 19 Aug. 2022
  • When the case returns to the Eleventh Circuit, Miami will have to prove more strongly the connection to the banks prejudicial lending practices and the city’s financial injuries.
    — J. Weston Phippen, The Atlantic, 1 May 2017
  • The Appeals Court agreed that the line of questioning was relevant and not unfairly prejudicial.
    — oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2019
  • However, lawyers for Thomas claimed the sentence should be vacated due to a prejudicial jury.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The three-justice appeals panel of the Second District Court of Appeal found no prejudicial error.
    — Orange County Register, 14 Mar. 2017
  • The club’s response throughout the process has been a full-throated denial, and accusations that UEFA’s process has been biased and prejudicial.
    — Tariq Panja, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Testimony about the killings will not be permitted as that is irrelevant to the assault charge and would be prejudicial.
    — NBC News, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Kies found the writings too old, irrelevant or too prejudicial to the 2019 incident.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2022
  • But prejudicial thinking, as your case shows, is more pervasive.
    — Steven P. Dinkin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 July 2018
  • The county stated in court records the jail incident is irrelevant to the photos lawsuit and would be highly prejudicial if it were allowed to be mentioned in the Bryant trial.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 18 June 2022
  • Our country has made great strides in dismantling prejudicial laws that have deprived too many of our fellow Americans of their precious rights.
    — Monique Judge, The Root, 24 June 2017
  • The 18-page document also suggested the agents held prejudicial feelings against the Bundy’s for being Mormon.
    — David Montero, latimes.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • But Bowdre ruled in favor of Gavin on the claim of ineffective counsel, finding that the performance of Gavin’s lawyers was deficient and prejudicial.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 15 July 2022
  • In hearings before the trial, lawyers from both sides agreed to refrain from discussing Ms. Holmes’s abuse allegations, deeming them prejudicial to the jury.
    — New York Times, 22 Mar. 2022

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