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n. - Excessive sternness; Weather unsuitable for outdoor activities.

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  • Obama's snow-day quip could be seen as a metaphor for the problems facing the country - that people can get out and persevere in inclemency.
  • What mattered the inclemency of the weather to them?
  • The inclemency of the air makes that manner of life impracticable to the West.
  • Moreover, the merchants and their goods are exposed to the inclemency of the weather.
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