Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Inhospitable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Inhospitable.
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- adjective Not
hospitable .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Speaking to the British House of Commons, Barre roared that Americans had originally fled English tyranny “to a then uncultivated and unhospitable Country,” and that ruling them with too strong a hand will only cause “the Blood of those Sons of Liberty, to recoil within them.”
The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010
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Speaking to the British House of Commons, Barre roared that Americans had originally fled English tyranny “to a then uncultivated and unhospitable Country,” and that ruling them with too strong a hand will only cause “the Blood of those Sons of Liberty, to recoil within them.”
The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010
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Speaking to the British House of Commons, Barre roared that Americans had originally fled English tyranny “to a then uncultivated and unhospitable Country,” and that ruling them with too strong a hand will only cause “the Blood of those Sons of Liberty, to recoil within them.”
The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010
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And they need enough fuel just to get beyond some really unhospitable boulders that were there.
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Along with the weed seeds that cannot be avoided, the desirables have decided to plant themselves in what might be considered unhospitable conditions.
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This structure could be set up easily in the environs of any urban center, making local strawberries growable even in otherwise unhospitable environments.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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This structure could be set up easily in the environs of any urban center, making local strawberries growable even in otherwise unhospitable environments.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Since taking command of the alliance in the unhospitable province of Kandahar in 2006, Canadian soldiers have taken the lead in training Afghan police to assume eventual control over their own security.
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This structure could be set up easily in the environs of any urban center, making local strawberries growable even in otherwise unhospitable environments.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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If the planet turns out to be unhospitable for life, creationists will say this proves the special character of planet Earth, which is the only one with the right characteristics for life and must obviously have been designed so.
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