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# inhospitable

adjective (inhospitable, more inhospitable)

«inhospitable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Not friendly or welcoming to visitors; a place with no food, shelter or kindness for strangers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhospitable/#m1)

### In the lessons

a strange, cold or dangerous land where travellers arrive and find no help

### Examples

- The island was cold and inhospitable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhospitable/#x1)
- The owner shut the door on the travellers, a rude and inhospitable act. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhospitable/#x2)
- The strangers feared the inhospitable shore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhospitable/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «inhospitable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhospitable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«inhospitable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inhospitable.html) on Mova free.