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inimical

[ih-nim-i-kuhl] / ɪˈnɪm ɪ kəl /


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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

It recently backed a Cabinet viewed as inimical to its interests in a bid to unlock reconstruction funds.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

By contrast, the American republic was founded on an explicit rejection of monarchy and nobility, which the framers viewed as inimical to principles of equality and equal justice under the law.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2024

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

Plantagenet has found these pre-WPA years inimical to his artistic inclinations.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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