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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. unfavorable to life or growth;
- Example: "the barren inhospitable desert"
- Example: "inhospitable mountain areas"

2. not hospitable;
- Example: "they are extremely inhospitable these days"
- Example: "her greeting was cold and inhospitable"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inhospitable \In*hos"pi*ta*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + hospitable:
   cf. L. inhospitalis.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to
      strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.
      [1913 Webster]

            Have you no touch of pity, that the poor
            Stand starved at your inhospitable door? --Cowper.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak;
      cheerless; wild. "Inhospitable wastes." --Blair. --
      In*hos"pi*ta*ble*ness, n. -- In*hos"pi*ta*bly, adv.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inhospitable
    adj 1: unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable
           desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas" [ant:
           hospitable]
    2: not hospitable; "they are extremely inhospitable these days";
       "her greeting was cold and inhospitable" [ant: hospitable]