Inhospitable meaning

ĭn-hŏs'pĭ-tə-bəl, ĭn'hŏ-spĭt'ə-bəl
Not hospitable; not offering hospitality.
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Displaying no hospitality; unfriendly.
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Unfavorable to life or growth; hostile.

The barren, inhospitable desert.

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(of a place) Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding.
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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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Origin of inhospitable

  • From Middle French inhospitable, from Medieval Latin inhospitabilis
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Inhospitable Sentence Examples

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

  • 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.

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

  • probably among the poorest peasantry in the world, support existence in this inhospitable region.

  • Solinus speaks of the luxurious pastures, but the natives he terms an inhospitable and warlike nation.

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