detrimentally
In a harmful way
In a way that causes harm or damage.
Laws may detrimentally affect certain groups.
Smoking detrimentally impacts health.
The word appears most often in formal or technical contexts—legal documents, medical literature, policy discussions—where writers want to sound more serious than "harmfully" allows.
In an unfavorable way
- unfavorablyIn a critical manner
- disadvantageouslyIn an unfavorable manner
- counterproductivelyIn a self-sabotaging way
- prejudiciallyWith preformed negative judgment
unfairly · poorly · badly · harmfully · hurtfully · unfortunately · regrettably · inauspiciously
In an injurious manner
- injuriouslyIn a harmful manner
- destructivelyIn a damaging manner
- ruinouslyIn a devastating manner
- toxicallyIn a poisonous manner
perniciously · noxiously · corrosively · disastrously · catastrophically · lethally · hazardously · insidiously
Lacking good judgment
- ill-advisedlyWithout sound judgment
- misguidedlyIn an ill-advised manner
- foolishlyIn an unwise manner
- rashlyWithout careful thought
recklessly · thoughtlessly · carelessly · imprudently · injudiciously · shortsightedly · inadvisably · inappropriately
In a self-sabotaging way
- inefficientlyIn unproductive manner
- wastefullyWith unnecessary excess
- unprofitablyWithout financial benefit
- unproductivelyWithout useful outcome
fruitlessly · futilely · unsuccessfully · uselessly · pointlessly · vainly · regressively · unsustainably
negatively
In an unfavorable way
- unfavorablyIn a critical manner
- disadvantageouslyIn an unfavorable manner
- counterproductivelyIn a self-sabotaging way
prejudicially · unfairly · poorly · badly · harmfully · hurtfully · unfortunately · regrettably · inauspiciously · ominously
damagingly
In an injurious manner
- injuriouslyIn a harmful manner
- destructivelyIn a damaging manner
- ruinouslyIn a devastating manner
toxically · perniciously · noxiously · corrosively · disastrously · catastrophically · lethally · hazardously · insidiously · banefully
unwisely
Lacking good judgment
- ill-advisedlyWithout sound judgment
- misguidedlyIn an ill-advised manner
- foolishlyIn an unwise manner
rashly · recklessly · thoughtlessly · carelessly · imprudently · injudiciously · shortsightedly · inadvisably · inappropriately · unsuitably
counterproductively
In a self-sabotaging way
- inefficientlyIn unproductive manner
- wastefullyWith unnecessary excess
- unprofitablyWithout financial benefit
unproductively · fruitlessly · futilely · unsuccessfully · uselessly · pointlessly · vainly · regressively · unsustainably · dysfunctionally
detrimentallybeneficially
In a helpful manner
advantageously · helpfully · favorably · positively · constructively