early 15c., "causing prejudice, injurious to the rights, interests, etc. of another;" 1530s, "full of prejudice," from prejudice (n.) + -al (1), or else from Old French prejudicial and directly from Medieval Latin prejudicialis "injurious," from Latin praeiudicium.
the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant
the presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes in the white population
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