inhospitable
adjective/ˌɪnhɒˈspɪtəbl/
/ˌɪnhɑːˈspɪtəbl/
- (of a place) difficult to stay or live in, especially because there is no shelter from the weather synonym unwelcoming
- inhospitable terrain
- an inhospitable climate
- (of people) not giving a friendly or polite welcome to guests opposite hospitable
Word Originlate 16th cent.: French, from in- ‘not’ + hospitable (from obsolete hospiter ‘receive a guest’, from medieval Latin hospitare ‘entertain’, from hospes, hospit- ‘host, guest’).
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