Avoid using adverse to mean averse. Adverse, meaning "opposing," modifies inanimate things such as conditions or opinions. Averse, meaning "having a strong dislike (an aversion)," refers to an emotion and thus can modify only living things.

The judges adverse ruling was no surprise, considering her well-known aversion to gambling. The reason she is so averse to gambling is not widely known, however.

 

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