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Definition of inimical in English: inimicaladjective ɪˈnɪmɪk(ə)lɪˈnɪmək(ə)l 1Tending to obstruct or harm. the policy was inimical to Britain's real interests Example sentencesExamples - The important question is what can be done to counter political attacks which are inimical to the effective operation of the judicial system?
- But when the fervor of political passions moves the Executive and the Legislative branches to act in ways inimical to basic constitutional principles, it is the duty of the judiciary to intervene.
- Policy inconsistency raises business risks and transaction costs, thereby making businesses uncompetitive and making the environment inimical to sound banking operations.
- And many of their doctrines are inimical to friendliness to the West.
- It would be a good time for newspapers to consider seriously cutting back on the size of their press gallery representation, especially as the culture of the gallery has become more and more inimical to serious political coverage.
- It is because it is in the interests of all governments to circumvent, supplant and even subvert the processes of democracy, and that democracy itself is inimical to the interests the rich and the powerful.
- It therefore, becomes a source of deep concern when we hear that among the men of God, there are some bent on causing confusion in the nation by inciting people to involve themselves in activities inimical to the State.
- The notion of casual employment was entirely inimical to that old model of master and servant, because the essence of the master and servant relationship was that it was a continuing relationship.
- Although it might seem that Luther's individualism was inimical to ‘fraternity’, Luther was clear that an individual could scarcely exist in isolation from others.
- Decentralization is an important libertarian value, but surely our first principle is individual liberty; and nothing is more inimical to liberty than slavery or totalitarianism.
- In the twentieth century, Middle Eastern politics was dominated by mega versions of tribalism, namely nationalism and socialism - all inimical to modern development from the bottom up.
- The state has also passed laws that are inimical to the short-term interests of particular capitalists, but necessary in the longer-term interests of capitalism itself - for example, health and safety legislation.
- The mobilizations of citizens in behalf of broad social demands are inimical to the right's vision of autonomous individuals, in charge of their own affairs and acting alone.
- I believe that orthodoxy of any kind is inimical to art, and that is why the writer must be free.
- You can't be for protecting or strengthening Social Security and also be for private accounts since the two goals are diametrically opposed, inimical to each other.
- There should be proper interviews of these people so that, like Zambians working abroad, they also can work here as long as they formalise their documents and stay away from activities that are inimical to national development.
- Reinforcing and paralleling this problem is the way the current culture in politics and business is inimical to the long-term investment in time and resources needed for the opportunities of this technology to be properly realised.
- Both the leaders stressed the need for better co-ordination among the alliance partners and facing the challenge of the situation collectively to defeat the forces inimical to restoration of peace.
- Clearly, UK media coverage of protestors offers a set of binary oppositions that are inimical to seeing young people as part of an informed, rational and democratic citizenry.
- Imagination is not greatly encouraged by human systems of organization because it is by nature free; it is beyond established control, inimical to chains, can't be enslaved, organized or taxed, depends upon no institution.
Synonyms harmful, injurious, detrimental, deleterious, pernicious, damaging, hurtful, dangerous, destructive, ruinous, calamitous antagonistic, contrary, antipathetic, unfavourable, adverse, opposed, hostile, at odds, not conducive, prejudicial literary malefic, maleficent - 1.1 Unfriendly; hostile.
Example sentencesExamples - Shocked, Dubble slipped on a sheaf of papers, screeched and struck his head against one of the cabinets, and when he recovered to his feet he regarded his Commander with a cold, inimical glower.
- Because leaven is a common metaphor for the ‘evil inclination’ in Judaism, Jesus here insinuates their complicity with the inimical powers that oppress the people.
- What waited them at the end of such perilous journey was a life of celibacy, near total isolation from home, inimical climate and unfriendly natives.
Synonyms hostile, unfriendly, antagonistic, ill-disposed, unkind, unsympathetic, malevolent, malign inhospitable, unwelcoming, cold, icy, frosty, glacial
Derivatives adverb When an inimically divorced couple meets up again at the formal wedding of their somewhat humiliated daughter, their animosity is rekindled on sight. Example sentencesExamples - In our context, the Diocese consists of 22 different ethnic groups, some of which are inimically inclined towards others.
- The warning angered lawmakers and public officials who said the U.S. acted inimically against a traditional ally.
- Most Serb nationalists did not see the museum's artifacts and documents as inimically hostile to their nationalist point of view.
- They could meet another species which is inimically superior, and lose faith in themselves.
Origin Early 16th century: from late Latin inimicalis, from Latin inimicus (see enemy). enemy from Middle English: An enemy is not your friend. So far, so obvious, but this is, in fact, the derivation of the word. It came into the language at the end of the 13th century from Old French enemi, from Latin inimicus, which was based on in- meaning ‘not’ and amicus ‘friend’. Inimicus is the source of inimical (late 17th century) or ‘hostile’, and amicus of amicable (mid 16th century) or ‘friendly’.
Definition of inimical in US English: inimicaladjectiveɪˈnɪmək(ə)liˈnimək(ə)l 1Tending to obstruct or harm. actions inimical to our interests Example sentencesExamples - There should be proper interviews of these people so that, like Zambians working abroad, they also can work here as long as they formalise their documents and stay away from activities that are inimical to national development.
- The mobilizations of citizens in behalf of broad social demands are inimical to the right's vision of autonomous individuals, in charge of their own affairs and acting alone.
- Although it might seem that Luther's individualism was inimical to ‘fraternity’, Luther was clear that an individual could scarcely exist in isolation from others.
- Policy inconsistency raises business risks and transaction costs, thereby making businesses uncompetitive and making the environment inimical to sound banking operations.
- But when the fervor of political passions moves the Executive and the Legislative branches to act in ways inimical to basic constitutional principles, it is the duty of the judiciary to intervene.
- Clearly, UK media coverage of protestors offers a set of binary oppositions that are inimical to seeing young people as part of an informed, rational and democratic citizenry.
- And many of their doctrines are inimical to friendliness to the West.
- Decentralization is an important libertarian value, but surely our first principle is individual liberty; and nothing is more inimical to liberty than slavery or totalitarianism.
- I believe that orthodoxy of any kind is inimical to art, and that is why the writer must be free.
- The notion of casual employment was entirely inimical to that old model of master and servant, because the essence of the master and servant relationship was that it was a continuing relationship.
- Both the leaders stressed the need for better co-ordination among the alliance partners and facing the challenge of the situation collectively to defeat the forces inimical to restoration of peace.
- It therefore, becomes a source of deep concern when we hear that among the men of God, there are some bent on causing confusion in the nation by inciting people to involve themselves in activities inimical to the State.
- Imagination is not greatly encouraged by human systems of organization because it is by nature free; it is beyond established control, inimical to chains, can't be enslaved, organized or taxed, depends upon no institution.
- You can't be for protecting or strengthening Social Security and also be for private accounts since the two goals are diametrically opposed, inimical to each other.
- In the twentieth century, Middle Eastern politics was dominated by mega versions of tribalism, namely nationalism and socialism - all inimical to modern development from the bottom up.
- The important question is what can be done to counter political attacks which are inimical to the effective operation of the judicial system?
- The state has also passed laws that are inimical to the short-term interests of particular capitalists, but necessary in the longer-term interests of capitalism itself - for example, health and safety legislation.
- It is because it is in the interests of all governments to circumvent, supplant and even subvert the processes of democracy, and that democracy itself is inimical to the interests the rich and the powerful.
- Reinforcing and paralleling this problem is the way the current culture in politics and business is inimical to the long-term investment in time and resources needed for the opportunities of this technology to be properly realised.
- It would be a good time for newspapers to consider seriously cutting back on the size of their press gallery representation, especially as the culture of the gallery has become more and more inimical to serious political coverage.
Synonyms harmful, injurious, detrimental, deleterious, pernicious, damaging, hurtful, dangerous, destructive, ruinous, calamitous - 1.1 Unfriendly; hostile.
Example sentencesExamples - Because leaven is a common metaphor for the ‘evil inclination’ in Judaism, Jesus here insinuates their complicity with the inimical powers that oppress the people.
- What waited them at the end of such perilous journey was a life of celibacy, near total isolation from home, inimical climate and unfriendly natives.
- Shocked, Dubble slipped on a sheaf of papers, screeched and struck his head against one of the cabinets, and when he recovered to his feet he regarded his Commander with a cold, inimical glower.
Synonyms hostile, unfriendly, antagonistic, ill-disposed, unkind, unsympathetic, malevolent, malign
Origin Early 16th century: from late Latin inimicalis, from Latin inimicus (see enemy). |