inhospitable

From Middle French inhospitable, from Medieval Latin inhospitābilis. By surface analysis, in- +‎ hospitable.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnhɒsˈpɪtəbəl/

inhospitable (comparative more inhospitable, superlative most inhospitable)

1. (of a person) Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly. [from 16th c.]
2. (of a place) Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding. [from 17th c.]
   • 2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33:

     Yet despite sounding inhospitable, grasslands such as this are home to a huge variety of smaller herbs and wildflowers, including some of the UK's rarest orchids and invertebrates, in addition to being home to butterfly species such as the Chalkhill Blue.

• inhospitability
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