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adjective
being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence
forces inimical to democracy
having the disposition of an enemy : hostile
inimical factions
reflecting or indicating hostility : unfriendly
his father's inimical glare
Late Latin inimicalis, from Latin inimicus enemy — more at enemy
The first known use of inimical was in 1573
iniquitynoun
complete injustice or wickedness
something that is unjust or wicked : sin
iniquitousadjective
unjust, wicked
iniquitousadjective
unjust, wicked
inimitableadjective
not capable of being imitated : matchless
her own inimitable style
inimitableadjective
not capable of being imitated : matchless
her own inimitable style
inimicaladjective
not friendly : hostile
having a harmful effect
habits inimical to health
1 received an inimical response rather than the anticipated support
2 laws designed to enhance national security that some regard as inimical to cherished freedoms
3 No mainstream party can credibly claim to stand against the role of the military in politics, and many are convinced that doing so would be inimical to their political survival.
4 Taiwan is dedicated to continuing to embed itself in the West, a process that is inimical to China’s interests.
5 Authoritarianism and central planning were thought to be naturally inimical to fresh ideas.
6 The judicial right is not about to jettison its hostility to regulations inimical to its business, financial, and political allies.
7 Patrick has argued at some length that liberalism winds up being inimical to precisely the kinds of values that a liberal society needs to flourish. mccloskey: There’s a lot of evidence that a society of equal permissions and increasing equality makes for better people.
8 Politics seems to have become inimical to critical thinking, and nowhere is this more obvious than climate change.
9 Translated for those who need it, during good times some of us develop bad habits, make lousy hires, commit capital less carefully, and all manner of other things inimical to progress.
10 Birmingham sketches out Russia’s mid-century byzantine chaos with a deft hand, up to the point in 1849 when Dostoevsky was sentenced to death for associating with the Petrashevsky Circle, a progressive group that advocated the ending of serfdom and other measures inimical to czarist autocracy.