inhospitable

[ in-hos-pi-tuh-buh l, in-ho-spit-uh-buh l ]

/ ɪnˈhɒs pɪ tə bəl, ˌɪn hɒˈspɪt ə bəl /

not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.

(of a region, climate, etc.) not offering shelter, favorable conditions, etc.; barren: an inhospitable rocky coast.

Origin of inhospitable

1560–70; < Middle French < Medieval Latin inhospitābilis. See in-³, hospitable

in·hos·pi·ta·ble·ness, noun in·hos·pi·ta·bly, adverb

Be careful, it advised, your reaction could be misconceived as inhospitable.

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Most important, they won elections in what might have otherwise been inhospitable territory.

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But then the Sahara dried out, turning from a green savannah into an inhospitable desert.

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Who were the people who populated this usually uninhabited, inhospitable place so densely and in so strange a manner?

Arachne, Complete |Georg Ebers

But the Admiral gave this inhospitable welcomer the slip and was soon off the coast of Portugal.

The True Story of Christopher Columbus |Elbridge S. Brooks
Father Hickey had suffered the meed of his inhospitable conduct.

The Miraculous Revenge |Bernard Shaw
From the ridge top the descent to the lake was steep, with broken cliffs and a rough, inhospitable, stony beach at the base.

The Island of Yellow Sands |E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill
Cold and inhospitable as is this country, we have the means of existing in it, if we have sense to employ them.

Peter the Whaler |W.H.G. Kingston

inhospitable

/ (ɪnˈhɒspɪtəbəl, ˌɪnhɒˈspɪt-) /

not hospitable; unfriendly

(of a region, an environment, etc) lacking a favourable climate, terrain, etc

inhospitableness, noun inhospitably, adverb