inhospitable
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7.0
- adjective
- /ˌɪnˈhɒspɪtəbl/
:
inhóspito
- After days travelling through tough and inhospitable terrain, the hikers finally reached safety.
- inhospitable environment
- inhospitable terrain
- inhospitable climate
This is the entire universe now, which is gradually becoming inhospitable to human life.
- This is the entire universe now, which is gradually becoming inhospitable to human life.
- And So what happens is that it's going to create again, that that inhospitable environment for the blight.
- So I think it definitely exacerbates people's experience of the possibility of a dark, absurd, inhospitable world.
Examples
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After days travelling through tough and inhospitable terrain, Colin McKenzie's extras were confronted with an incredible sight.
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But for now, it is a reminder of how, through our ingenuity, people can live in even the most inhospitable of places.
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Cold, dry, inhospitable to life.
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General, those boys are heading out to an inhospitable corner of the world.
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This is the entire universe now, which is gradually becoming inhospitable to human life.
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The planet is unstable and inhospitable.
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It's an alien, inhospitable world that only a handful of people have ever visited.
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The Dead Sea area is very inhospitable compared to the Sea of Galilee.
Academic text (2005) -
Yadin had to mount a major expedition to one of the most inhospitable places on Earth.
Academic text (2002) -
Protestant missionaries were dedicated to spreading the word of God in foreign and inhospitable climes.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
18
6.1
Not safe or suitable for people to live in
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4.2
Not suitable for most living things because it is very harsh
4
5.0
Too dangerous or damaged to live in
4
8.9
Unfriendly and likely to harm someone or something
2
4.6
Not pleasant or welcoming and likely to keep people away
Not welcoming and unpleasant for people to be in
Strange and uncomfortable, making you feel not at home
A place that makes people likely to get sick
Antonyms
How Hospitable
Surface Forms
Morphology
inhospitable = hospitable (transparent) = in + hospit + able
The meaning is a straightforward negation of 'hospitable', so learners who know the base adjective can usually infer it easily.
Etymology
Inhospitable comes from the parts in- meaning 'not' and hospitable, which comes from a root meaning 'guest' and is the same root in host and hospital. So inhospitable describes a place or person that is 'not welcoming' or too harsh for people or plants to live in.