inimical
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In a letter to the Supreme Court of Florida, the FTC Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Competition wrote that “Such control by the ABA is inimical to the principles on which competition law rests.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
By contrast, the American republic was founded on an explicit rejection of monarchy and nobility, which the framers viewed as inimical to principles of equality and equal justice under the law.
From Slate • Nov. 4, 2024
More than 30 states prohibit title lending or have laws inimical to the industry.
From Salon • Nov. 15, 2022
He starts from a position that government’s role is to “protect the public interest against the concentrated interests and power of industry where those interests … are inimical to public well-being.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2021
To inflict any hurt on anything for any purpose became inimical to him.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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