Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; unfavorable; chiefly applied to private, as hostile is to public, enmity
Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; antagonistic; inconsistent; incompatible; adverse; repugnant
Conditions that are inimical to something make it difficult for that thing to exist or do well. goals inimical to Western interests. making it difficult for something to exist or happen (inimicalis, from inimicus; ENEMY)