Definition of inclement
: lacking mildness: such asa archaic : severe in temper or action : unmercifulb : physically severe : stormy inclement weather
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Examples of inclement in a Sentence
The game was postponed due to inclement weather.
the weather report warned that the holiday weekend would be spoiled by inclement weather
Recent Examples of inclement from the Web
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Inclement weather location is Park View School Gymnasium, 6200 Lake.
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The title game was moved up from Saturday to avoid inclement weather forecast for the weekend.
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Stargazers in cloudy or inclement lands can now satisfy their watcherlust with the Homestar Planetarium, a miniaturized copy of the same systems used by full-scale planetariums to throw realistic, detailed constellar projections onto walls.
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Origin and Etymology of inclement
Latin inclement-, inclemens, from in- + clement-, clemens clement
First Known Use: 1621
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: having rain and storms
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