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• a  unfavorable to life or growth
  the barren inhospitable desert
  inhospitable mountain areas
• a  not hospitable
  they are extremely inhospitable these days
  her greeting was cold and inhospitable

• It seems only fitting that hostilities between India and Pakistan should break out in the most inhospitable of settings.
• The humvee bed was cold and hard, an inhospitable place to awaken.
• His pas de deux with the world's most inhospitable wildernesses have always been about measuring his own might, skill and especially will.

• hospitable

News & Articles

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• Viewpoints: Unions are key on struggle for LGBT equality
  Call it the parting of the blue curtain. In just the past two decades, labor unions have gone from inhospitable places for lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender people to welcoming spaces. They've gone from institutional bystanders in most major fights over gay rights to outspoken advocates.
  June 15, 2013 - The Sacramento Bee

Quotes

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• Michael Hayden in Ninemsn
  Hayden described "the sheer challenge of surveying every square mile of that inhospitable and dangerous region", and said "part of the explanation for his survival lies in the fact that he has worked to avoid detection".
• Carter Ham in FOXNews
  Very clearly there are places in Iraq ...... which are increasingly inhospitable to al-Qaida in Iraq, and so it's clear to us that they are seeking other opportunities,especially along the Tigris River in northern Iraq, around the city of...
• Hoshyar Zebari in Independent Online
  We don't expect that a large incursion is taking place, as it's a remote and inhospitable region,Zebari told AFP. "The area wouldn't sustain a large number of troops."