Meaning

2 senses
  1. Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly.

  2. Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding.

    негостеприимныйnegostepriimnyj

More definitions
  • unfavorable to life or growth
  • not hospitable

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Mars is a very inhospitable place.

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  2. Mars underwent serious climate change that made it inhospitable.

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  3. Russia is an enormous country, but most of its territory is quite inhospitable.

    ruРоссия – огромная страна, но большая часть её территории не слишком пригодна для жизни.

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  4. Mars is an inhospitable world.

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  5. Mars is inhospitable.

    ruМарс негостеприимен.

    deDer Mars ist nicht bewohnbar.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
Not offering shelter:

Origin

From Middle French inhospitable, from Medieval Latin inhospitābilis. By surface analysis,

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

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Forms

more inhospitable, most inhospitable
Comparativemore inhospitable Lesson
Superlativemost inhospitable Lesson

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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