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Inimical

//ɪˈnɪmɪkəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Harmful in effect.

    "She doesn’t want to touch it, and indeed every particle of her screams against doing so because it is somehow inimical to her."

  2. 2
    Unfriendly, hostile.

    "Her inimical attitude precludes romance."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not friendly wordnet

Etymology

From Late Latin inimīcālis (“hostile”), from inimīcus (“enemy”) (from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”)) + -ālis.

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