detracted

Meaning

of Detract

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I always felt, as a listener at a show, that when there was too much banter between the artist and the audience that it detracted from the show. I more enjoyed shows where the guys came out and they just played. Ray LaMontagne

Daisy had known the novel was silly even as she had read it, but that had not detracted one bit from her enjoyment. Lisa Kleypas

In February 2016, Capcom's newest one-on-one fighting game arrived on PC with many flaws that detracted from the stellar gameplay, including awful server instability, no true single-player mode, and a surprisingly limited multiplayer Battle Lounge. Source: Internet

The novel veered at times into slur - including against the Irish as red-headed drunks - and stereotype, which detracted from the narrative, confirming that I was not the intended audience. Source: Internet

The pictures not being enlarged greatly detracted from the points being made. Source: Internet

The use of crude language, even though it was rare, did nothing to enhance the novel, but rather it detracted from it and distracted this reader’s attention. Source: Internet