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• n  the environmental condition in a region that lacks a favorable climate or terrain for life or growth
• n  having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition

• At the crash site rescuers were hampered by the inhospitableness of the Everglades--and the plane's flammable oil slick.
• At the crash site rescuers were hampered by the inhospitableness of the Everglades--and the plane's flammable oil slick.
• Given Somalia's penchant for clan warfare and inhospitableness toward foreign armies--just go out and rent a copy of Black Hawk Down--it's tempting for Western policymakers to wash .

• hospitableness