Inclement Definition
ĭn-klĕmənt
adjective
Rough; severe; stormy.
Inclement weather.
Webster's New World
Showing no clemency; unmerciful.
American Heritage
Lacking mercy or leniency; harsh.
Webster's New World
1922, Ben Travers, chapter 4, A Cuckoo in the Nest.
By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.
Wiktionary
(archaic) Unmercifully severe in temper or action.
Wiktionary
Origin of Inclement
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From Latin inclēmēns (“unmerciful, severe”), from in- (“not”) + clementem (“mild, placid”).
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