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inimic

/ɪˈnɪ.mɪk/

inimic adjective: inimical.

Adjective

inimic (comparative more inimic, superlative most inimic)

  1. (rare) Inimical.
    • DUMB SHOW: The French are seen descending into the valley, crossing it, and climbing it on the English side under the fire of HILL'S whole division, all to no purpose. In their retreat they leave behind them on the slopes nearly two thousand lying.
      SPIRIT OF THE PITIES: What do I see but thirsty...1906, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts, Part 2, Act 4, Sc. 5
    • This issue occurs when the relationship between a host state and a foreign investor becomes inimic and a dispute arises.2008, Pia Acconci, “Chapter 10: Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment”, in The Oxford Handbook of International Investment Law, →ISBN, page 381
    Synonyms:
    hostile, injurious

Synonyms of inimic

Forms of inimic

comparativemore inimic
superlativemost inimic

Origin of inimic

From Latin inimīcus. Doublet of enemy.

Questions about inimic

What does inimic mean?
Inimic means inimical.
What part of speech is inimic?
Inimic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce inimic?
Inimic is pronounced /ɪˈnɪ.mɪk/.

Words near inimic in the dictionary

  1. Iniguezes
  2. Iniguihan District
  3. iniid
  4. iniids
  5. inimaginable
  6. inimic
  7. inimicability
  8. inimicable
  9. inimicably
  10. inimical
  11. inimicalities

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