Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inhospitable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inhospitable \In*hos"pi*ta*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + hospitable:
cf. L. inhospitalis.]
1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to
strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.
Have you no touch of pity, that the poor Stand
starved at your inhospitable door? --Cowper.
2. Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak;
cheerless; wild. ``Inhospitable wastes.'' --Blair. --
{In*hos"pi*ta*ble*mess}, n. -- {In*hos"pi*ta*bly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inhospitable
adj 1: unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable
dessert"; "inhospitable mountain areas" [ant: {hospitable}]
2: not hospitable; "they are extremely inhospitable these
days"; "her greeting was cold and inhospitable" [ant: {hospitable}]
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