'Inhospitableness' definitions:
Definition of 'inhospitableness'
From: WordNet
noun
The environmental condition in a region that lacks a favorable climate or terrain for life or growth
noun
Having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition [ant: hospitableness]
Definition of 'Inhospitableness'
From: GCIDE
- Inhospitable \In*hos"pi*ta*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + hospitable: cf. L. inhospitalis.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people. [1913 Webster]
- Have you no touch of pity, that the poor Stand starved at your inhospitable door? --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild. "Inhospitable wastes." --Blair. -- {In*hos"pi*ta*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*hos"pi*ta*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]