Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
the environmental condition in a region that lacks a favorable climate or terrain for life or growth;
2.
having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inhospitable \In*hos"pi*ta*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + hospitable:
cf. L. inhospitalis.]
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1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to
strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.
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Have you no touch of pity, that the poor
Stand starved at your inhospitable door? --Cowper.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inhospitableness
n 1: the environmental condition in a region that lacks a
favorable climate or terrain for life or growth
2: having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition [ant:
hospitableness]