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
The route between Mount Everest Base Camp and the summit is one of the most inhospitable places on the planet, and over the years, hundreds of climbers have died along the trail.
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Ben Ayers, Outside, 15 Dec. 2025
Trump’s Thanksgiving deadline for an immediate deal is now a mirage, and ahead looms an inhospitable desert.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
Both men have seen their fair share of unruly and inhospitable Arizona environments evading attempts at control.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Market conditions are inhospitable for the development of new Bay Area offices without tenants identified prior to construction, real estate reports and experts state.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
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Ben Ayers, Outside, 15 Dec. 2025
Trump’s Thanksgiving deadline for an immediate deal is now a mirage, and ahead looms an inhospitable desert.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
Both men have seen their fair share of unruly and inhospitable Arizona environments evading attempts at control.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Market conditions are inhospitable for the development of new Bay Area offices without tenants identified prior to construction, real estate reports and experts state.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhospitable
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For example, if one aircraft that looks like a civilian plane launches a missile, the enemy might have a reason to believe other civilian aircraft are potentially hostile.—
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2026
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During the Cold War, administrations authorized CIA operations against hostile regimes engaged in subversion and criminal conduct.—
Timothy M. Herbst,
Hartford Courant,
13 Jan. 2026
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For decades, researchers have compared places with higher and lower levels of pollutants and have looked at differences in premature deaths and other negative health outcomes while controlling for other factors that could affect those numbers.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Iowa Board of Educational Examiners is now being sued for soliciting complaints about teachers who made negative public comments about Charlie Kirk in the wake of the conservative activist’s death last fall.—
Clark Kauffman,
Des Moines Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Inhospitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhospitable. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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