(a.) Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh.
(a.) Physically severe or harsh (generally restricted to the elements or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy; rigorously cold, etc.; as, inclement weather.
Example Sentences:
(1) The freezing New Year rain drove into the dug-outs in such torrential fashion that he initially sheltered in the tunnel but such inclement weather quickly proved the least of his problems.
(2) Signs of enteric disease appeared in lambs born during inclement weather in a significantly (P less than 0.001) shorter period than in those born during mild weather conditions.
(3) The recent rainy weather has also forced the government and Olympic organisers to draw up contingency plans to deal with the inclement British summer , following a series of meetings to predict the extent to which London 2012 could be adversely affected by the dismal conditions.
(4) Bike sharing bikes are heavy, with a very low center of gravity, wide tires, drum brakes that keep the braking system dry even in inclement weather,” she told me.
(5) The government and Olympic organisers are drawing up contingency plans to deal with the inclement British summer, following a series of meetings to predict the extent to which London 2012 could be adversely affected by the dismal weather.
(6) As if the crisis in economics and in our economy were really no more than an inability to spy inclement weather.
(7) I was fined $1,500 and got 10 lashes on the bottom of my feet “I had to walk to my house though the distance was long in inclement weather.
(8) Evidence suggests that a complex of stresses such as inclement weather, lambing and concomitant ectoparasitism render sheep more susceptible to tularemia.
(9) Nick, a man of unwavering determination, was never going to let such minor details as inclement weather and a lack of natural hot springs get in the way of his vision: a wellbeing retreat combining his passions for yoga, Japanese-style bathing, and sustainability in his favourite place, Scotland.
(10) In 59 per cent of the osteoarthritic and 58 per cent of the rheumatoid patients, complete relief of pain was evident when they were evaluated twenty-four months after surgery, while another 35 per cent of each group had only mild pain related to inclement weather.
(11) Traditional workshops are time-intensive, and expensive to deliver, and are out of the reach of many nurses in rural settings because of great distances, inclement weather, expense, and lack of work coverage.
(12) As scientists predict climate change will make the Altiplano’s weather even more inclement and unpredictable, today’s farmers are reviving an ancestral system of cultivation and irrigation using what looks like an intricate piece of land sculpture.
(13) He then went on to explain that potential threats during national guard operations could include “inclement weather, heat, failing levees, etc”.
(14) Most of these provide little more than a bed (or a chair) to sleep on, a hot meal and refuge from inclement weather.
(15) Clearly struck by the "strength of fellowship and friendship" shown by wellwishers, particularly those who braved inclement weather during the Thames diamond jubilee river pageant, she paid tribute to the hundreds of thousands who lined the banks "undaunted by the rain".
(16) He points out that Alaska, like 70% of Russia's own territory, is very far north, and says it isn't necessarily a good idea to feel enthusiastic about acquiring the region, because workers would have to be paid extra, because of the inclement climate there.
(17) Radiotelescopes can see through inclement weather, operate in daylight hours and are less troubled by cosmic dust.
(18) It is, perversely, also the most unpredictable, as changeable as an inclement day at the seaside.
(19) Inclement weather was associated with 42% of all fatal accidents, and SD was a cause or factor in 35.6% of these.
(20) When inclement weather confines bees to the hive during the spring and summer they become weak and easy prey for the parasitic varroa mite to spread viruses that kill off its host.
Unfavorable
Definition:
(a.) Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging.
Example Sentences:
(1) Recently reported unfavorable clinical results (i.e., a high incidence of pain) have led to the discontinuation of one trial of porous polyethylene.
(2) By treatment of mice with anticancer agent CY or gamma ray irradiation, unfavorable side effects usually occurred to impair hematopoietic organs, causing bone marrow disorder.
(3) From the previously observed results of preferential interactions for salting-out salts with proteins, it was shown that the free energy of the protein is increased by addition of the salts and this unfavorable free energy is smaller for the proteins bound to the columns because of their smaller surface area exposed to solvent; i.e., the bound form of the proteins is thermodynamically more stable.
(4) Fifty percent of patients with the myelodysplastic syndrome, frequently following treatment by radiation or chemotherapy, have prognostically unfavorable deletions of the long arms of chromosomes 5 and 7, or trisomy 8, as have the 25% of patients with acute myeloblastic leukemia where remissions last 6-12 months, and where relapse cannot be prevented.
(5) Since liver metastases are the most common unfavorable outcome of colon cancer, ongoing trials using liver-directed treatment (perfusion, irradiation) should be followed with interest.
(6) Extracorporeal shockwave lithothripsy was very helpful in facilitating extraction of stones in unfavorable locations or located above the severe stricture.
(7) A positive deltaS compensates for an unfavorable positive deltaH so that the overall reaction is exergonic.
(8) The results show that conversion of Glu-208 to Gln greatly enhanced substrate binding, implying that Glu-208 interacts unfavorably with the substrate's ground state, preventing its optimal fit to the active site.
(9) Our data suggest that prostaglandin gel cervical ripening and induction of labor and delivery by 42 weeks' gestation may be the most appropriate management for patients with well-established gestational age and an unfavorable cervical examination.
(10) When patients with and without ST shift on Holter monitor ECG were compared, an unfavorable outcome was found in 48% versus 20% (p less than 0.005), multivessel disease in 76% versus 54% (p less than 0.01) and left main coronary stenosis in 18% versus 4% (p less than 0.05).
(11) Based on a preliminary trial that suggested that CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone), and PVB (cisplatinum, vinblastine, bleomycin), are at least partially non-cross-resistant, the Southwest Oncology Group treated patients with unfavorable histology, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with CHOP and PVB.
(12) Myocardial transformation, along with its energy economizing effect, failed to compensate for unfavorable energetic consequences of structural dilatation and therefore the reduced ventricular efficiency is assumed to be another deleterious factor in the dilated failing heart.
(13) So far we believe that loss of hearing caused during these operations is mainly due to the unfavorable location of the cochlear blood supply through the meatus.
(14) Hypodiploidy is therefore an unfavorable karyotypic feature in childhood ALL.
(15) Hormone therapy was not indicated in these cases as it could lead to unfavorable results: decreased indices of definitive growth resulting from the formation of antibodies to the growth hormone.
(16) The course of gonarthrosis was unfavorable in that a majority of the cases became worse over the years and some also developed pain at rest.
(17) The favorable effects of up to 25% toasted soybean meal and 3% licorice root extract on the levels of the four enzymes, without unfavorable changes in clinical parameters, might account in part for the chemopreventive activities of these additives.
(18) The following signs in the preoperative radiographs were predictive of unfavorable outcome: small head fragment, comminution of the calcar femorale, and varus angulation of the head.
(19) When Rappaport's classification was used, division of unfavorable histologies into histiocytic and non-histiocytic groups provided only marginal significance in MVA.
(20) The outcome was unfavorable and the response to anticonvulsant drugs was poor.