Detriment vs Undefined - What's the difference?
detriment | undefined |
Harm, hurt, damage.
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(UK, obsolete) A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.
Lacking a definition or value.
(mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
As a noun detriment
is detriment.As an adjective undefined is
lacking a definition or value.detriment
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=“But marriage in secret, Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch — a fatal secret. I receive money from you, and I'm suddenly asked the question, 'What's that money for?' My hands are tied; I cannot answer to the detriment of my sister, to the detriment of the family honour.”}}
Usage notes
* Often used in the form "to someone's detriment".Synonyms
* harm * hurt * illfare * damageAntonyms
* benefitExternal links
* *undefined
English
Adjective
(wikipedia undefined) (-)- The result of division by zero is undefined .