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be adversarial
adjective
Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed
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In a justice system designed to be adversarial, the prosecutor has few adversaries.
When experts are inexperienced, advice networks may be adversarial to knowledge-gathering activities due to higher risks of irrelevant information being transmitted.
I have no wish at all to be adversarial.
We have a pope who has instructed Catholic women not to be adversarial.
"Look, I'm not here to be adversarial," he said after one heated exchange.
"Blogging tended to be adversarial and go against the government in question.
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She was adversarial, rebellious and practical.
Labor and management have historically been adversarial.
"It is adversarial for all the right reasons.
Our court system is adversarial and exacerbates conflict.
"And the fear that somehow a union is about being adversarial is outmoded.
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