inimical
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Myanmar's state-run English-language newspaper, the Global New Light of Myanmar, has published a joint statement saying both countries underscored the need to prevent the misuse of Myanmar's territory for activities "inimical to their security interests".
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
In a letter to the Supreme Court of Florida, the FTC Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Competition wrote that “Such control by the ABA is inimical to the principles on which competition law rests.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
More broadly, a massive and growing media marketing complex culturally "manufactures" modern high-consumption lifestyles, which are inimical to the environment and to human health and well-being.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2024
What we call the “criminal legal system” is actually a chaotic web of overlapping, often inimical, systems—plural.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2022
Winter is an inimical world; its punishment for doing things wrong is sure and prompt: death from cold or death from hunger.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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