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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Late Latin
Origin: inimicalis, from Latin inimicus; ENEMY

inimical

 adjective
     
in‧im‧i‧cal formal
making it difficult for something to exist or happen:
a cold, inimical climate
inimical to
conditions inimical to development
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