INHOSPITABLE


Meaning of INHOSPITABLE in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

an inhospitable desert (= not easy to live or stay in )

The interior of the country is an inhospitable desert.

an inhospitable/harsh environment (= one where the conditions make life difficult )

The freezing climate makes this one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

most

The challenge ahead ... 5 laps, each more than 6 miles long, of the most inhospitable terrain in the Malvern Hills.

The prince chose one of the world's most inhospitable and dangerous areas for his trip.

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

inhospitable climate

Generally, the people I met in the city were rude and inhospitable .

So many tourists had visited the monastery that the monks had grown somewhat inhospitable .

The brokerage firm has always been extremely inhospitable to women.

The tribe has lived for generations in the inhospitable mountain regions of the country.

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