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(in häs′pit ə bəl, in′häs pit′-)

adjective

not hospitable; not offering hospitality
not offering protection, shelter, etc.; barren; forbidding: an inhospitable climate

Origin: ML inhospitabilis

Related Forms:

inhospitableness noun
inhospitably adverb

See inhospitable in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Displaying no hospitality; unfriendly.
Unfavorable to life or growth; hostile: the barren, inhospitable desert.

Related Forms:

in·hosˈpi·ta·ble·ness noun

in·hosˈpi·ta·bly adverb

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