Meanings
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1
adj
unfavorable to life or growth
The barren inhospitable desert.
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2
adj
not hospitable
They are extremely inhospitable these days.
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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.
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4
adj
Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly.
Thesaurus
Word family
Forms
inhospitably
Derived forms
inhospitabilityinhospitablenessinhospitably
Etymology
From Middle French inhospitable, from Medieval Latin inhospitābilis. By surface analysis, in- + hospitable.