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inclement
/ɪnˈklɛm.ənt/
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What does inclement mean?
adjective
- Stormy, of rough weather; not clement.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- (obsolete) Merciless, unrelenting.
- (archaic) Unmercifully severe in temper or action.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɪnˈklɛm.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.
They let nothing go to waste, and labored incessantly during the summer and fall to lay up provision for the inclement season.
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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.
In this inclement country they are absolutely naked, and their temporary houses are like what children make in summer with boughs of trees.
Part of the remainder she was obliged to expend in winter clothing, leaving only a nominal sum for the whole inclement season at hand.