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usually uncountable, plural inclemencies
The quality of being inclement; lack of clemency. examples
Something that is inclement. quotations examples
with neither house nor clothes to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather
1729, Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal
They are built of rough sticks, covered with bulrushes or grass, in such a manner as to completely protect the inhabitants from all the inclemencies of the weather.
1849, Edwin Bryant, What I Saw in California
There had been rain, squalls mingled with snow, hailstorms, gusts of wind, but these inclemencies did not last.
1874, Jules Verne, The Mysterious Island
The cry of the suffering and dying rings in our ears, as they are dragged from their beds, to be exposed to the inclemencies of the ice-covered sea in an open boat.
1922, Charles Sylvester, Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5