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inhospitable |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inhospitable \In*hos"pi*ta*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + hospitable: cf L. inhospitalis.] 1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as an inhospitable person or people. Have you no touch of pity, that the poor Stand starved at your inhospitable door? --Cowper. 2. Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild. ``Inhospitable wastes.'' --Blair. -- {In*hos"pi*ta*ble*mess}, n. -- {In*hos"pi*ta*bly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inhospitable adj 1: unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable dessert"; "inhospitable mountain areas" [ant: {hospitable}] 2: not hospitable; "they are extremely inhospitable these days"; "her greeting was cold and inhospitable" [ant: {hospitable}]
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