Inhospitable definition

ĭn-hŏspĭ-tə-bəl, ĭnhŏ-spĭtə-bəl
Displaying no hospitality; unfriendly.
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Unfavorable to life or growth; hostile.

The barren, inhospitable desert.

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Not hospitable; not offering hospitality.
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Not offering protection, shelter, etc.; barren; forbidding.

An inhospitable climate.

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(of a person) Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly,
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(of a place) Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding.
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Origin of inhospitable

  • From Middle French inhospitable, from Medieval Latin inhospitabilis

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Inhospitable Sentence Examples

  • On the side of Portugal a tract of inhospitable country sled originally to the separation between the two kingdoms, inasmuch as it caused the reconquest of the comparatively populous maritime tracts from the Moors to be carried out independently of that of the eastern kingdoms, which were also well peopled.

  • It was an inhospitable way to treat a guest – especially one who had volunteered so much help.

  • Anti-Lebanon is the barest and most inhospitable part of the system.

  • In the end of the 9th century Iceland was colonized from Norway; and about 985 the intrepid viking, Eric the Red, discovered Greenland, and induced some of his Icelandic countrymen to settle on its inhospitable shores.

  • During some time Johnson continued to call on his patron, but, after being repeatedly told by the porter that his lordship was not at home, took the hint, and ceased to present himself at the inhospitable door.

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