inimical

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INIM'ICAL, adjective [Latin inimiens; in and amicus, a friend.] 1. Unfriendly; having the disposition or temper of an enemy; applied to private enmity, as hostile is to public. 2. Adverse; hurtful; repugnant. --Savage violences inimical to commerce.
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