inhospitable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   unfavorable to life or growth

   The barren inhospitable desert.

2. 2
   adj

   not hospitable

   They are extremely inhospitable these days.

3. 3
   adj

   Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding.

   Yet despite sounding inhospitable, grasslands such as this are home to a huge variety of smaller herbs and wildflowers, including some of the UK's rarest orchids and invertebrates, in addition to being home to butterfly species such as the Chalkhill Blue.

4. 4
   adj

   Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly.

Common collocations

• inhospitable mountain Adjective + noun

From Middle French inhospitable, from Medieval Latin inhospitābilis. By surface analysis, in- + hospitable.

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