inimical
pronunciation
How to pronounce inimical in British English:
UK [ɪˈnɪmɪkl]
How to pronounce inimical in American English:
US [ɪˈnɪmɪkəl]
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- Adjective:
- not friendly
Word Origin
- inimical
- inimical: see enemy
- inimical (adj.)
- 1640s, from Late Latin inimicalis "hostile," from Latin inimicus "unfriendly, an enemy" (see enemy).
Antonym
Example
- 1. Price controls are inimical to economic growth .
- 2. Newspaper editors regard any restrictions on them as being inimical to free speech .
- 3. These policies are inimical to the interests of society .
- 4. Adam smith identified the " agency problem " that managers might pursue a course of action inimical to the company 's owners in the 18th century .
- 5. The south had entangled itself in a severely conservative countermythology inimical to creative effort .