detrimentalness
Quality of harming
Detrimentalness is the quality of being harmful or damaging.
It's a rarely used noun form of detrimental, typically appearing in formal or academic contexts where someone needs to discuss harmfulness as an abstract concept: The study examined the detrimentalness of prolonged screen exposure on children's sleep patterns.
Most speakers would opt for harm, harmfulness, or negative impact instead.
Capacity to cause damage
- damageHarm or impairment
- impairmentDiminished function or capacity
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- degradationDecline in condition
debilitation · corrosion · erosion · decay · atrophy · spoilage · ruination · destruction
Harm from an action
- drawbackUnfavorable feature or flaw
- handicapImposed competitive disadvantage
- setbackReverse in progress
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
burden · hindrance · impediment · obstacle · encumbrance · limitation · weakness · shortcoming
Quality of being dangerous
- perilousnessDegree of danger present
- dangerousnessState of being hazardous
- riskinessExposure to potential harm
- precariousnessState of uncertain stability
unsafety · jeopardy · menace · threat · vulnerability · exposure · insecurity · adversity
harmfulness
Capacity to cause damage
- damageHarm or impairment
- impairmentDiminished function or capacity
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
degradation · debilitation · corrosion · erosion · decay · atrophy · spoilage · ruination · destruction · devastation
disbenefit
Harm from an action
- drawbackUnfavorable feature or flaw
- handicapImposed competitive disadvantage
- setbackReverse in progress
liability · burden · hindrance · impediment · obstacle · encumbrance · limitation · weakness · shortcoming · deficit
hazardousness
Quality of being dangerous
- perilousnessDegree of danger present
- dangerousnessState of being hazardous
- riskinessExposure to potential harm
precariousness · unsafety · jeopardy · menace · threat · vulnerability · exposure · insecurity · adversity · pitfall
detrimentalnesshelpfulness
Disposition toward aiding others
advantageousness · wholesomeness · healthfulness · constructiveness · usefulness