adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an inhospitable desert (= not easy to live or stay in )
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The interior of the country is an inhospitable desert.
an inhospitable/harsh environment (= one where the conditions make life difficult )
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The freezing climate makes this one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
most
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The challenge ahead ... 5 laps, each more than 6 miles long, of the most inhospitable terrain in the Malvern Hills.
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The prince chose one of the world's most inhospitable and dangerous areas for his trip.
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Excavations elsewhere have demonstrated that in pre-Norman times small hamlets and farmsteads were widespread, occupying even the most inhospitable upland sites.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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inhospitable climate
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Generally, the people I met in the city were rude and inhospitable .
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So many tourists had visited the monastery that the monks had grown somewhat inhospitable .
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The brokerage firm has always been extremely inhospitable to women.
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The tribe has lived for generations in the inhospitable mountain regions of the country.