inhospitable

Collocations

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ADJ.

challenging

VERB + INHOSPITABLE

made, making, sounding

INHOSPITABLE + NOUN

grasslands, world

PREP.

despite, than, with

ADV.

especially, mostly, quite, seemingly, such

Definitions

adj

1

Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly.

2

Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding.

Yet despite sounding inhospitable, grasslands such as this are home to a huge variety of smaller herbs and wildflowers, including some of the UK's rarest orchids and invertebrates, in addition to being home to butterfly species such as the Chalkhill Blue.

Thesaurus

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Antonyms

hospitable

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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Yet despite sounding inhospitable, grasslands such as this are home to a huge variety of smaller herbs and wildflowers, including some of the UK's rarest orchids and invertebrates, in addition to bein

Wiktionary

02

The surface of Jupiter is inhospitable with more than two and a half times Earth's gravity and a poisonous gas atmosphere.

Tatoeba · #1468750

03

Mars is inhospitable.

Tatoeba · #8543117

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The surface of Mars is a challenging and inhospitable place.

Tatoeba · #8746087

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The surface of Mars is a challenging and inhospitable place, especially for rovers.

Tatoeba · #8746090

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Mars is a very inhospitable place.

Tatoeba · #8799319