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  • adjective Lacking in hospitality, accessibility and cordiality.

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Examples

  • If he goes, he looks good to them; if he is blocked from going, he has made the American public seem "unwelcoming"--which is the reality of the situation, pretty much.

    September 2007 2007

  • His expression was unwelcoming, an edge of desperation sharpening his features.

    The Pleasure Seekers Melanie George 2003

  • His expression was unwelcoming, an edge of desperation sharpening his features.

    The Pleasure Seekers Melanie George 2003

  • Muslim countries are "unwelcoming" to Palestinians? trackback from your own site.

    Refugee Resettlement Watch 2008

  • Most Americans welcome the influence of religion, at least in the abstract, while only a small and highly secularized segment of the population is decidedly unwelcoming.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • First, as Muslims in a state dominated by a mostly unwelcoming Jewish majority, and second, as women in a patriarchal and chauvinistic Arab society.

    Yermi Brenner: Israeli Arab Women Struggle for Empowerment Yermi Brenner 2011

  • First, as Muslims in a state dominated by a mostly unwelcoming Jewish majority, and second, as women in a patriarchal and chauvinistic Arab society.

    Yermi Brenner: Israeli Arab Women Struggle for Empowerment Yermi Brenner 2011

  • I had been to Spokane before, twice, and enjoyed my stay, but this time the city seemed unwelcoming.

    Miles to Go Richard Paul Evans 2011

  • First, as Muslims in a state dominated by a mostly unwelcoming Jewish majority, and second, as women in a patriarchal and chauvinistic Arab society.

    Yermi Brenner: Israeli Arab Women Struggle for Empowerment Yermi Brenner 2011

  • First, as Muslims in a state dominated by a mostly unwelcoming Jewish majority, and second, as women in a patriarchal and chauvinistic Arab society.

    Yermi Brenner: Israeli Arab Women Struggle for Empowerment Yermi Brenner 2011

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