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inhospitableness

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being inhospitable.

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  • noun The quality of being inhospitable.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition
  • noun the environmental condition in a region that lacks a favorable climate or terrain for life or growth

Etymologies

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inhospitable +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Their choices include nations that have swarms of malaria-infested mosquitoes, bad TV, deadly climates, decapitation issues, French people, bland food and other signs of inhospitableness.

    Driving the Rich Into the Sea Scott Adams 2011

  • As Jude worried through the logistics of releasing the dead-zone coordinates to the mechs without revealing them to BioMax—though the whole beauty of the location was its inhospitableness to orgs, making secrecy a bonus rather than a necessity—I watched the door, half expecting Zo to burst through with a last word.

    Wired Robin Wasserman 2010

  • The sin of Sodom wasn't anal sex or homosexuality, it was inhospitableness and rape.

    THE.... Sodomite Hal Duncan!! Hal Duncan 2008

  • This is a scientifically curious situation, and it takes precedence over the famed Thallonian inhospitableness.

    Star Trek® New Frontier Peter David 1997

  • This is a scientifically curious situation, and it takes precedence over the famed Thallonian inhospitableness.

    Star Trek® New Frontier Peter David 1997

  • This is a scientifically curious situation, and it takes precedence over the famed Thallonian inhospitableness.

    Star Trek® New Frontier Peter David 1997

  • This is a scientifically curious situation, and it takes precedence over the famed Thallonian inhospitableness.

    Star Trek® New Frontier Peter David 1997

  • This is a scientifically curious situation, and it takes precedence over the famed Thallonian inhospitableness.

    Star Trek® New Frontier Peter David 1997

  • The inhospitableness of the globe was clearly illustrated by incredible bodies of water, thick masses of moist air; and tropical vegetation.

    Bloodhype Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1973

  • The inhospitableness of the globe was clearly illustrated by incredible bodies of water, thick masses of moist air; and tropical vegetation.

    Bloodhype Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1973

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