inimical
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More broadly, a massive and growing media marketing complex culturally "manufactures" modern high-consumption lifestyles, which are inimical to the environment and to human health and well-being.
From Salon • Sep. 29, 2024
Paradoxically, this sort of love for an animal can be inimical to its welfare.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2024
In 2015, Beijing’s population planners finally concluded that the consequences of their awful “one child policy” were inimical to state interests.
From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2023
Finally, much of her poetry made meticulous use of rhyme, which by the mid-20th century was disdained by the poetic establishment as inimical to the making of serious art.
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2023
When he first arrived, he was perturbed by having to preach in the corridor, which he found inimical to the contemplation of God.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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