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Definitions for adversarial
ad·ver·sar·i·al
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adversarialadjective
Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed
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adversarial
An adversary is generally considered to be a person, group, or force that opposes and/or attacks.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of adversarial in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of adversarial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of adversarial in a Sentence
This was supposed to be a cooperative process, not an adversarial one, but the abrupt cutting off of this process through this raid was a direct affront to this necessary notion of cooperation.
This is a knee-jerk reaction given that Bolton has been so adversarial with Iran, with his removal, there is an expectation there won't be as much vehemence in the tit-for-tat with Iran.
The Endangered Species Act has gone from a well-intentioned piece of legislation in the 1970s to one that is dictated by environmental activist groups taking advantage of the adversarial system.
James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology:
The security theater we are witnessing in our election system boasting the illusion of security via ‘clunky as heck’ and air gap defense will do nothing against the real and sophisticated adversarial landscape that is zeroing in on our democracy
I hope it's better, not like it was during that madman Former President Donald Trump, joe Biden shouldn't be adversarial. We are struggling right now.
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- الخصومةArabic
- 敵対者Japanese
- tegenstanderDutch
- đối địchVietnamese
- 對抗Chinese
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