inclemency

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It offers no protection against inclemency of the weather.

From Time Magazine Archive

The inclemency of nature, the rapacity of lay and ecclesiastical authorities and the law’s delays could not be escaped, however wisely a Prioress husbanded her resources.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

At all events, we meet with similar conditions in several monuments, which for ages have braved the inclemency of recurring seasons.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Whymper, Frederick

Besides, they generally want the means of shelter against the inclemency of the weather and against pursuit by their enemies, which holes and dens afford to burrowing animals and to some larger beasts of prey.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

In 1627 he visited Newfoundland with his family, but the inclemency of the climate convinced him of the undesirability of Avalon.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene