as in hostile
marked by opposition or ill will
the proposal received an unexpectedly inhospitable response from the city council
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But as the planet warms, retreating icecaps and thinning sea ice will make Greenland important for other reasons, as its vast tracts of once inhospitable land become newly alluring to outsiders.
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Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
The inhospitable landscape of sand, bare rock, and salt flats is so extreme and otherworldly that it’s used as a proxy for Mars by researchers.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 20 Feb. 2025
Set five years after Jurassic World: Dominion (2022), the planet has become inhospitable for dinosaurs, so those that still exist have become isolated to environments in which their breeds once flourished.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
Though Boston tends to be pretty inhospitable during the winter months, the city offers a serious silver lining in the form of its many hotels, bars and restaurants—and the Four Seasons One Dalton offers all three experiences in one fell swoop.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
The inhospitable landscape of sand, bare rock, and salt flats is so extreme and otherworldly that it’s used as a proxy for Mars by researchers.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 20 Feb. 2025
Set five years after Jurassic World: Dominion (2022), the planet has become inhospitable for dinosaurs, so those that still exist have become isolated to environments in which their breeds once flourished.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
Though Boston tends to be pretty inhospitable during the winter months, the city offers a serious silver lining in the form of its many hotels, bars and restaurants—and the Four Seasons One Dalton offers all three experiences in one fell swoop.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Inhospitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhospitable. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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