prejudicing
- 1Present participle and gerund of prejudice.
Defense counsel argued that the early news coverage was prejudicing the entire trial.
Releasing the financial details now could end up prejudicing the outcome of the merger talks.
Note
The -ing form carries both of the verb's meanings, and both take a direct object. One is damage to someone's position or chances, as in prejudicing the outcome. The other is biasing a mind, as in prejudicing a jury. The final e of prejudice drops before -ing. As a gerund it can also act as a noun: prejudicing the witnesses would be unfair.
The prosecutor was accused of prejudicing the jury with his remarks to the press.
Prejudicing a child against a whole community takes very little effort.
prejudicing is a form of prejudice
prejudice, verb: To cause someone to form a biased opinion and unfairly influence their thinking. Full entry
- Forms
- prejudiceprejudices he/she/itprejudicing -ing formprejudiced past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- prejudice → prejudicing: drop the e, add -ing
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