the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests.
adj. Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Not hospitable; indisposed to exercise hospitality; unfavorable or inimical to visitors; not affording accommodation or shelter: as, an inhospitable tribe; inhospitable wilds.
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adj. not hospitable
adj. unfavorable to life or growth
Word Usage
"If he wins, they say, it will be because he has run tough races before in inhospitable territory."