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
As birds’ traditional resting and nesting spots become inhospitable, a more sobering question is whether improvements can happen rapidly enough.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
The Physicians for Human Rights—Israel report acknowledged that the long-term damage in Gaza is making life inhospitable for residents.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 29 July 2025
By the thirties, however, light pollution had made the center of Rome inhospitable to the observatory, and the Pope—now Pius XI—offered the use of Castel Gandolfo as a future base of operations.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Our federal government has created a detention center in an inhospitable swamp and joked about the cruelty of their actions.
—State Sen. Md Rahman, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2025
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
The Physicians for Human Rights—Israel report acknowledged that the long-term damage in Gaza is making life inhospitable for residents.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 29 July 2025
By the thirties, however, light pollution had made the center of Rome inhospitable to the observatory, and the Pope—now Pius XI—offered the use of Castel Gandolfo as a future base of operations.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Our federal government has created a detention center in an inhospitable swamp and joked about the cruelty of their actions.
—State Sen. Md Rahman, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhospitable
Adjective
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Tampa is heading into a hostile environment against a feisty Seattle Seahawks team that matches them with a 3-1 record.—
Josh Buckhalter,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Republicans, traditionally seen as more hostile to government, are often viewed as the shutdown aggressors.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The inflation hammering households is primarily due to the weak yen that the Abe government orchestrated with negative interest rates and massive monetary easing, causing a surge in energy and food prices that pinches voters’ wallets.—
Jeff Kingston,
Time,
4 Oct. 2025
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The website, though, shows a negative subtotal of more than $2 million, suggesting money allocated to the grant that was unspent.—
Meg Tirrell,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Inhospitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhospitable. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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