Learn English – Word for a thing with positive and negative consequences

Consider the following:

• Sublimate: transform (something) into a purer or idealized form
• Ennoble: lend greater dignity or nobility of character to
• Ethicize: to make ethical or endow with ethical qualities

That which acts against what you are trying to do is detrimental, though in order to use it properly, you would have to say what it is detrimental towards.

If it were a bill that causes greater difficulty in purchasing homes, you would say it is "detrimental to home purchases", or if it is adversely affecting stocks, you could say it is "detrimental to the stock market".

Or if you want to indicate a great number of negative consequences to a plan, you could say that it has "many detriments".