Inhospitable
adjective
Not friendly or inviting; harsh and difficult to live in.
The Sahara desert is believed to be the most inhospitable place on earth.
Often appears as...
- inhospitable environment
- inhospitable weather
adjective
Not showing hospitality or a welcoming attitude.
The locals in the small town were inhospitable to outsiders.
Often appears as...
- inhospitable host
- inhospitable reception
adjective
Not friendly or inviting; harsh and difficult to live in.
The Sahara desert is believed to be the most inhospitable place on earth.
Often appears as...
- inhospitable environment
- inhospitable weather
adjective
Not showing hospitality or a welcoming attitude.
The locals in the small town were inhospitable to outsiders.
Often appears as...
- inhospitable host
- inhospitable reception
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Challenges
Used to describe places difficult for survival due to nature, like deserts or polar regions.
Explorers face inhospitable conditions in the Arctic.
Pro Tip 2/3Extreme Weather
Often refers to severe weather making a place hard to live in or visit.
The mountain's peak is inhospitable during winter storms.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Can describe situations or systems that feel difficult or unwelcoming, not just places.
The company's inhospitable policies discouraged new talent.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Challenges
Used to describe places difficult for survival due to nature, like deserts or polar regions.
Explorers face inhospitable conditions in the Arctic.
Pro Tip 2/3Extreme Weather
Often refers to severe weather making a place hard to live in or visit.
The mountain's peak is inhospitable during winter storms.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Can describe situations or systems that feel difficult or unwelcoming, not just places.
The company's inhospitable policies discouraged new talent.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Challenges
Used to describe places difficult for survival due to nature, like deserts or polar regions.
Explorers face inhospitable conditions in the Arctic.
Pro Tip 2/3Extreme Weather
Often refers to severe weather making a place hard to live in or visit.
The mountain's peak is inhospitable during winter storms.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Can describe situations or systems that feel difficult or unwelcoming, not just places.
The company's inhospitable policies discouraged new talent.
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Bethany Ehlmann:...
these environments of our habitats for life so to understand this question it actually requires going back to our own planet set of amazing discoveries over the last few decades has been about life in extreme environments so that is those places on earth that are inhospitable but nevertheless there are organisms
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Let's not use Mars as a...
The extreme environments of our own world are alien vistas. They're just closer to home. If we can understand how to create and maintain habitable spaces out of hostile, inhospitable spaces here on Earth, perhaps we can meet the needs of both preserving our own environment
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The Arctic vs. the...
which creates a double-whammy of cold for the southern pole. But despite being inhospitable, the North and South Pole are a big reason why our planet is the way it is. Both of our polar regions are very important climate controllers. They help moderate the temperature
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Are food preservatives...
So we found ways to create an inhospitable environment for microbes. For example, making the food more acidic unravels enzymes that microbes need to survive. And some types of bacteria can actually help. For thousands of years, people preserved food using bacteria
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Saturn 101 PIPE National...
Each of the six sides is believed to be the result of jet streams, which all encircle a massive hurricane. Because of Saturn's inhospitable environment, the planet cannot support life - but some of its moons might.
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Why should you read...
making it the cornerstone of the galactic economy. And it only grows on the desert planet Arrakis, a dangerous and inhospitable world whose native inhabitants have long rebelled against the empire.
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Jill Tarter: Why the...
And much of this vast universe, much more may be habitable than we once thought, as we study extremophiles on Earth -- organisms that can live in conditions totally inhospitable for us,
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Iwan Baan: Ingenious...
What moved me the most was that despite these seemingly inhospitable conditions, I was welcomed with open arms into a home that was made with love, care, and unreserved passion.
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How An Egg Becomes A...
can these birds create a new life in this inhospitable place but making it as exhausted the female she needs to find food she passes the egg to her partner
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Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
and the videos reveal an array of life hard to imagine in these stark and inhospitable mountains argali wolves ibex bears hares marmot and chuffs
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Bethany Ehlmann:...
these environments of our habitats for life so to understand this question it actually requires going back to our own planet set of amazing discoveries over the last few decades has been about life in extreme environments so that is those places on earth that are inhospitable but nevertheless there are organisms
Video examples
Let's not use Mars as a...
The extreme environments of our own world are alien vistas. They're just closer to home. If we can understand how to create and maintain habitable spaces out of hostile, inhospitable spaces here on Earth, perhaps we can meet the needs of both preserving our own environment
Video examples
The Arctic vs. the...
which creates a double-whammy of cold for the southern pole. But despite being inhospitable, the North and South Pole are a big reason why our planet is the way it is. Both of our polar regions are very important climate controllers. They help moderate the temperature
Video examples
Are food preservatives...
So we found ways to create an inhospitable environment for microbes. For example, making the food more acidic unravels enzymes that microbes need to survive. And some types of bacteria can actually help. For thousands of years, people preserved food using bacteria
Video examples
Saturn 101 PIPE National...
Each of the six sides is believed to be the result of jet streams, which all encircle a massive hurricane. Because of Saturn's inhospitable environment, the planet cannot support life - but some of its moons might.
Video examples
Why should you read...
making it the cornerstone of the galactic economy. And it only grows on the desert planet Arrakis, a dangerous and inhospitable world whose native inhabitants have long rebelled against the empire.
Video examples
Jill Tarter: Why the...
And much of this vast universe, much more may be habitable than we once thought, as we study extremophiles on Earth -- organisms that can live in conditions totally inhospitable for us,
Video examples
Iwan Baan: Ingenious...
What moved me the most was that despite these seemingly inhospitable conditions, I was welcomed with open arms into a home that was made with love, care, and unreserved passion.
Video examples
How An Egg Becomes A...
can these birds create a new life in this inhospitable place but making it as exhausted the female she needs to find food she passes the egg to her partner
Video examples
Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
and the videos reveal an array of life hard to imagine in these stark and inhospitable mountains argali wolves ibex bears hares marmot and chuffs
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Sylvia Earle
American Scientist
For humans, the Arctic is a harshly inhospitable place, but the conditions there are precisely what polar bears require to survive - and thrive. 'Harsh' to us is 'home' for them. Take away the ice and snow, increase the temperature by even a little, and the realm that makes their lives possible literally melts away.
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Brian Greene
American Physicist
When you buy a jacket, you pick the size to ensure it fits. Similarly, we live in a universe in which the amount of dark energy fits our biological make-up. If the amount of dark energy were substantially different from what we've measured, the environmental conditions would be inhospitable to our form of life.
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Chris Hadfield
Canadian Astronaut
The communities and countries best at using energy to optimize a microclimate for human life are also the ones whose people have the longest average lifespans. Canada, Sweden, and Iceland - places with inhospitable winter weather - are frontrunners in sustaining human health and life.
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Marcus Samuelsson
Ethiopian Chef
Egypt is the largest wheat importer in the world. In some part, this is due to irrigation issues and inhospitable climes. Egypt's dependence on wheat is also partially because for decades it has been cheaper to import wheat, corn, soy and barley from the U.S. than to grow it locally.
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Will Poulter
English Actor
I hate going into the audition room. I find it the most nerve-wracking, inhumane experience, and I think it's such an inhospitable environment to give an honest account of the character and, I guess, your ability.
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Bear Grylls
British Explorer
My work is all about adventure and teamwork in some of the most inhospitable jungles, mountains and deserts on the planet. If you aren't able to look after yourself and each other, then people die.
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Chris Sacca
American Businessman
I've learned that it's often the less obvious, yet pervasive and questionable, everyday behaviors of men in our industry that collectively make it inhospitable for women.
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Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
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Ol Parker
You can only shoot in India for three months a year, otherwise it's very inhospitable.
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Albert Schweitzer
German Theologian
Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.
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Sylvia Earle
American Scientist
For humans, the Arctic is a harshly inhospitable place, but the conditions there are precisely what polar bears require to survive - and thrive. 'Harsh' to us is 'home' for them. Take away the ice and snow, increase the temperature by even a little, and the realm that makes their lives possible literally melts away.
Quote examples
Brian Greene
American Physicist
When you buy a jacket, you pick the size to ensure it fits. Similarly, we live in a universe in which the amount of dark energy fits our biological make-up. If the amount of dark energy were substantially different from what we've measured, the environmental conditions would be inhospitable to our form of life.
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Chris Hadfield
Canadian Astronaut
The communities and countries best at using energy to optimize a microclimate for human life are also the ones whose people have the longest average lifespans. Canada, Sweden, and Iceland - places with inhospitable winter weather - are frontrunners in sustaining human health and life.
Quote examples
Marcus Samuelsson
Ethiopian Chef
Egypt is the largest wheat importer in the world. In some part, this is due to irrigation issues and inhospitable climes. Egypt's dependence on wheat is also partially because for decades it has been cheaper to import wheat, corn, soy and barley from the U.S. than to grow it locally.
Quote examples
Will Poulter
English Actor
I hate going into the audition room. I find it the most nerve-wracking, inhumane experience, and I think it's such an inhospitable environment to give an honest account of the character and, I guess, your ability.
Quote examples
Bear Grylls
British Explorer
My work is all about adventure and teamwork in some of the most inhospitable jungles, mountains and deserts on the planet. If you aren't able to look after yourself and each other, then people die.
Quote examples
Chris Sacca
American Businessman
I've learned that it's often the less obvious, yet pervasive and questionable, everyday behaviors of men in our industry that collectively make it inhospitable for women.
Quote examples
Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
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Ol Parker
You can only shoot in India for three months a year, otherwise it's very inhospitable.
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Albert Schweitzer
German Theologian
Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.
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