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
Directed by Gareth Edwards from a script by David Koepp, Jurassic World Rebirth picks up five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion at a time when the planet’s ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs.
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2025
The film centers on Dr. Jasmine Marks, who leads a search and rescue mission into The Zone — a section of rainforest along the equator with a climate inhospitable to intelligent life.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 30 June 2025
But modern-day Earth’s atmosphere has proved inhospitable to the creatures, with many dying out or migrating to a tropical band around the equator that resembles their native Mesozoic Era climate.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2025
Oblivion also happens to be the title of Kosinski’s second film, in which Cruise plays a sentry watching over a devastated Earth that has become inhospitable to all life.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2025
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2025
The film centers on Dr. Jasmine Marks, who leads a search and rescue mission into The Zone — a section of rainforest along the equator with a climate inhospitable to intelligent life.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 30 June 2025
But modern-day Earth’s atmosphere has proved inhospitable to the creatures, with many dying out or migrating to a tropical band around the equator that resembles their native Mesozoic Era climate.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2025
Oblivion also happens to be the title of Kosinski’s second film, in which Cruise plays a sentry watching over a devastated Earth that has become inhospitable to all life.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhospitable
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In recent weeks, both have also moved military forces to the border near Assab and are engaging in escalating exchanges of hostile rhetoric.—
Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, Trump has moved closer to Pakistan, with which India has hostile relations and the U.S. has historically had a complex and sometimes tense relationship, especially as Pakistan has grown closer to and is primarily armed by China.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
4 Aug. 2025
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Fewer visitors translate to less visitor spending, and in turn to lower tax revenue and job losses in the tourism industry, sending a negative ripple effect throughout the national economy.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The negative consequences of this content go well beyond the individuals misquoted.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Inhospitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhospitable. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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