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Meaning of 'inhospitable' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Inhospitable [ a.]
- Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.
- Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild.

Meaning of 'inhospitable' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . inhospitable [ a]
Meaning (1):
- not hospitable
Example in sentence:
  • her greeting was cold and inhospitable;
  • they are extremely inhospitable these days
Meaning (2):
- unfavorable to life or growth
Example in sentence:
  • inhospitable mountain areas;
  • the barren inhospitable desert

Nearby Words:

inhabile inhability inhabit inhabitable inhabitance inhabitancy inhabitant inhabitate inhabitation inhabitativeness

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