inimicable

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It’s not that we can’t do it, or that the reality in which we find ourselves is somehow inimicable to the nature of the novel.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2013

We may be sure he was earnest and active in any measures to restrict the operations of those inimicable to Liberty or engaged in efforts detrimental to the Patriots' endeavors.

From The Story of Commodore John Barry by Griffin, Martin I. J. (Martin Ignatius Joseph)

They made the mistake of supposing the interests of the merchant, artisan, and mechanic were also inimicable.

From A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West by Garland, Hamlin

He was inexpressibly weary of the struggle always racking his being: it seemed to him that in the midst of a serene world he was tormented by some inimicable and fatal power.

From Java Head by Hergesheimer, Joseph