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inclement

/ɪnˈklɛm.ənt/

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What does inclement mean?

adjective

  1. Stormy, of rough weather; not clement.
More meanings (2)

adjective

  1. (obsolete) Merciless, unrelenting.
  2. (archaic) Unmercifully severe in temper or action.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɪnˈklɛm.ənt/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈɪn.kləm.ənt/
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It is best for puppies to be born in the spring or early summer, thus escaping the rigours of inclement weather.
Robert LeightonDogs and All about ThemProject Gutenberg ebook #10991
They let nothing go to waste, and labored incessantly during the summer and fall to lay up provision for the inclement season.
Charles A. EastmanIndian BoyhoodProject Gutenberg ebook #337
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The listening face, insensible to the inclement night, still drooped at the door, and the hands begged me--prayed me--not to cast it forth.
Charles DickensDavid CopperfieldProject Gutenberg ebook #766
In this inclement country they are absolutely naked, and their temporary houses are like what children make in summer with boughs of trees.
Charles DarwinLife and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2087
Part of the remainder she was obliged to expend in winter clothing, leaving only a nominal sum for the whole inclement season at hand.
Thomas HardyTess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure WomanProject Gutenberg ebook #110