inhospitable
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definition
adjective
the inhospitable landscape
(of an environment) harsh and difficult to live in.
example
He was among 700 competitors in a gruelling 150-mile race across some of the most 'inhospitable' terrain in the Sahara Desert.
One of the most enduring images of early Arizona is the solitary prospector seeking his fortune in gold in the 'inhospitable' Sonoran Desert.
Tibetans still form a majority of people living in the 'inhospitable' countryside.
But, above all, they will look on with a mixture of pity and disbelief at the poor people who still insist on living in this 'inhospitable' territory.
It is a harsh, 'inhospitable' land, covered in flies and governed by insufferable temperatures that defies easy civilization.
They were gray, and the coldness she saw in them was even colder than the freezing, 'inhospitable' tundra that her best friend had come from.
He encountered storms, bogs and forests, was given the cold shoulder by the 'inhospitable' inhabitants of Fouzilhac, got lost and had to camp out for the first time.
The figures move carefully and deliberately across 'inhospitable' terrain, picking their way through the dusty, red-rock desert.
This country is basically uninhabitable and extremely 'inhospitable' with the exception of the coastline.
So why do so many people with so much wealth live in such an 'inhospitable' climate?
There's so little fresh water and the volcanic landscape is so 'inhospitable' , only a narrow, unique spectrum of creatures thrive.
Many feel it's a memorial to all the hard working men who forged trails through 'inhospitable' blocks of back country.
Water is in short supply, the soil is barely arable, the terrain often 'inhospitable' .
Nor were its inhabitants ‘a wild and 'inhospitable' people’, of whom it could be said ‘All their habits are the habits of barbarians’.
She lived in Toronto for one year and discovered that English Canadians were not the cold, 'inhospitable' lot she had been led to believe they were.
The unique geography of two gulfs separated by vast inland tracts of 'inhospitable' country led the early Australian settlers to rely entirely on coastal trading.
So why would any sane recreational diver seek to dive in such an 'inhospitable' environment?
It is isolated geographically, surrounded by 'inhospitable' landscapes that trap its inhabitants where they are.
The exhibition showcases incredible work - done in 'inhospitable' terrain, without laptops, cell phones or machinery.
And it's the island's lush, vivid greenery which marks it out from the arid, 'inhospitable' , landscapes of Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Tenerife.
In a terrain so 'inhospitable' to a civilization of hunters and gatherers, the Kurds became a race of raiders and traders.
It's a harsh, 'inhospitable' area where the people are fighting to survive, keeping cattle, camels and goats on small pockets of arable land.
Separated by the valleys of the north-flowing river Eden and the south-flowing river Lune, these two uplands were 'inhospitable' places for early settlement.
‘The sheer 'inhospitality' of the region means there is very little there, other than desert and mountains,’ he says.
So much made sense now; the night he had ignored my question about calling home, his parents' 'inhospitality' when I was sick, Mic's avoidance of all parent-related matters.
The area has gold, coal, tin, oil, and reindeer, but making a living out of any of them is tough because of 'inhospitably' cold temperatures and high winds.
Flying high above, the sight of cities gives an impression of the human struggle for survival against the harsh 'inhospitality' of nature.
It was not a ‘garden’ but, instead, an 'inhospitably' extreme environment for most organisms.
As spring turns to summer, the mercury rises drastically in the region, making the deserts that are likely to be the theatre for war, 'inhospitably' hot.
Flying into Arequipa gives a sense of the 'inhospitableness' of the landscape.
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