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
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.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2025
At first glance, Curaçao’s dry landscapes might seem inhospitable, but there’s plenty of wildlife that has evolved to flourish across the region.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Conditions can be inhospitable at the foot of Mount Everest.
—Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 18 June 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, 20 May 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2025
At first glance, Curaçao’s dry landscapes might seem inhospitable, but there’s plenty of wildlife that has evolved to flourish across the region.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Conditions can be inhospitable at the foot of Mount Everest.
—Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 18 June 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, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhospitable
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Five days later, on July 8, an attorney for the city manager submitted a letter of potential claim against the city citing defamation, harassment and creation of a hostile work environment.—
Anita Edmondson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 July 2025
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In early October 2022, the ruling said, McCarty filed a hostile work environment complaint with the police department.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
25 July 2025
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In certain pockets, across some EU countries, this sort of geo-arbitrage or the existence of golden visas are viewed as negative, because of the view that expats can price locals out of the market for rents and cost of living.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Meanwhile, the brand that actually popularized the EV, moving it from compliance car and milk float to something desirable, has fallen even further into negative territory in July.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
22 July 2025
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“Inhospitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhospitable. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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