as in hostile
marked by opposition or ill will
the proposal received an unexpectedly inhospitable response from the city council
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The winds, snow, and freezing temperatures — to say nothing of the deadly airborne virus the Earthlings’ immune system can’t handle pre-vaccine — are inhospitable at first.
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Picture the Sahara, and an inhospitable landscape of endless sand dunes and barren rock comes to mind.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
The most direct implication of this IPO is that the thawing of the previously icy and inhospitable environment for crypto firms under former SEC chairperson Gary Gensler is having real-world effects.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The inhospitable Arctic is being reshaped by climate change, new trade routes and fresh military footprints from Russia and China.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
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Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
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CNN —
Picture the Sahara, and an inhospitable landscape of endless sand dunes and barren rock comes to mind.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
The most direct implication of this IPO is that the thawing of the previously icy and inhospitable environment for crypto firms under former SEC chairperson Gary Gensler is having real-world effects.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The inhospitable Arctic is being reshaped by climate change, new trade routes and fresh military footprints from Russia and China.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inhospitable
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“Inhospitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhospitable. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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