as in hostile
marked by opposition or ill will
the proposal received an unexpectedly inhospitable response from the city council
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Recent Examples of inhospitable
With a windchill of minus 2 degrees Fahrenheit, the weather is downright inhospitable.
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Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2026
The film takes place within an inhospitable environment where brushes with outlaws (and the law itself) can lead to death by gunfire.
—Sezin Devi Keohler, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Mar. 2026
But the dams hurt salmon in a number of ways, including by forcing them through turbines, warming the slow-moving water in reservoirs to inhospitable temperatures, and greatly slowing the migration of juvenile fish to the sea.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
The international effort to eradicate screwworm eventually pushed the pest to the Darien Gap, an inhospitable stretch of jungle on the Panama-Colombia border.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for inhospitable
Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2026
The film takes place within an inhospitable environment where brushes with outlaws (and the law itself) can lead to death by gunfire.
—Sezin Devi Keohler, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Mar. 2026
But the dams hurt salmon in a number of ways, including by forcing them through turbines, warming the slow-moving water in reservoirs to inhospitable temperatures, and greatly slowing the migration of juvenile fish to the sea.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
The international effort to eradicate screwworm eventually pushed the pest to the Darien Gap, an inhospitable stretch of jungle on the Panama-Colombia border.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhospitable
Adjective
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The paratroopers are trained to jump into hostile or contested areas to secure key territory and airfields.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
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However, Iran’s UN Mission said in a post on X that ‘non-hostile vessels, including those belonging to or associated with other states’ may obtain ‘safe passage’ through the Strait of Hormuz via coordination with Tehran.—
Joseph Wilkins,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This could be about your past or something ongoing, positive or negative.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2026
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During opening arguments, Mark Lanier presented the jury internal company documents from Meta and YouTube that showed tech executives knew of and discussed the negative effects of their products on children.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Inhospitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhospitable. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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