inimical

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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

Paradoxically, this sort of love for an animal can be inimical to its welfare.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2024

In 2015, Beijing’s population planners finally concluded that the consequences of their awful “one child policy” were inimical to state interests.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2023

Finally, much of her poetry made meticulous use of rhyme, which by the mid-20th century was disdained by the poetic establishment as inimical to the making of serious art.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2023

To carry he must speak louder; and this would rouse those striped and inimical creatures from their feasting by the fire.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding