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inhospitableness

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in·hos·pi·ta·ble  (n-hsp-t-bl, nh-spt-bl)
adj.
1. Displaying no hospitality; unfriendly.
2. Unfavorable to life or growth; hostile: the barren, inhospitable desert.
in·hospi·ta·ble·ness n.
in·hospi·ta·bly adv.
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Noun1.inhospitableness - the environmental condition in a region that lacks a favorable climate or terrain for life or growth
environmental condition - the state of the environment
2.inhospitableness - having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition
unfriendliness - an unfriendly disposition
hospitableness - having a disposition that welcomes guests and is fond of entertaining


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Despite its companionable charm, however, this is serious, even profound writing, which gathers fateful drama as the settlers' high hopes and the plains' inhospitableness move toward their in-eluctable collision.
Bad Land: An American Romance by Cooper, Rand Richards / Commonweal
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