detrimental

detrimental    [de-truh-Men-tl]

adjective.  (a formal way of saying) harmful

"New England Patriot quarterback Tom Brady was suspended Monday for four regular-season games.  The patriots was also fined for $1 million and forfeited two future draft picks. The punishment was for what the league termed 'conduct detrimental to the integrity of the NFL.'"
"Studies show that using electronic devices before going to bed can have a detrimental impact on your sleep."
"Smoking is detrimental to your health."

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intricate

intricate    [In-tri-kit]

adjective.   very complicated, with many interrelated parts

"In just four days, the avian flu has killed about 26 million chickens and turkeys in the United States.  Poultry raising is an intricate economy of many moving parts.  The potential losses include not only individual farm businesses but also the businesses they use, from feed dealers to equipment sales and service to slaughterhouse and packing works to the cafe in the local town."
"Anthony Doerr's 'All the Light We cannot See," an emotional and intimate World War II novel has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Pulitzer judges cited Doerr's 'imaginative and intricate novel,' which alternates brief chapters between a blind French girl and a young Nazi soldier."
"Chess is a very intricate game, while, a game like Connect Four is not very intricate."

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doctor

doctor

verb. to change the content or appearance (of a document or a picture) in order to deceive; falsify

"Tom Brady probably knew footballs were doctored, NFL finds."
"He doctored the birthdate on his passport."
"The company claims he doctored documents to cover his tracks.

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hamper

hamper    [Ham-per]

verb. to hinder, to slow progress

"Nobody called Tom Brady a cheater directly in the report -- gathering direct proof of his involvement of using deflated footballs was hampered partly by his refusal to hand over his text messages and emails -- but the investigation did show that 'it is more probable than not that Brady was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities'."  
"Landslides and poor weather have hampered efforts to deliver aid to isolated districts in Nepal."
"Their work is hampered by lack of funds."

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vie

vie    [vahy]

verb.  compete for something

present participle:  vying

"Oracle, Microsoft or SAP could be among the companies vying for saleforce.com, a cloud computing company known for its customer relationship management products."
"Today, with 500 cable channels and an infinite Internet options all vying for attention, customers are  harder to come by."
"Swimmers from many nations are vying for the title."

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deride

deride    [dih-Rahyd]

verb.  to ridicule, to laugh in scorn or contempt, to mock

"Pacquiao derided the Nevada Athletic Commission's decision to prevent him from receiving an anti-inflammatory shot in his shoulder prior to the fight."
"He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics."
"This building, once derived by critics, is now a major tourist attraction."

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dud

dud    [duhd]

noun. someone, something that proves to be a failure

"Mike Tyson agreed - Mayweather-Pacquiao fight was a dud.  He wasn't terribly impressed, like millions who shelled out $100 for the 12-round unanimous decision Mayweather won."
"In tech, it is the design that separates a successful product from a dud."
"For a decade, 'Friends' was the successful NBC's prime-time TV show. The ratings agreed.  But a lot of the 'Friends' successors were duds."

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