inhospitable
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definition
adjective
the inhospitable landscape
(of an environment) harsh and difficult to live in.
example
One of the most enduring images of early Arizona is the solitary prospector seeking his fortune in gold in the 'inhospitable' Sonoran Desert.
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.
It is isolated geographically, surrounded by 'inhospitable' landscapes that trap its inhabitants where they are.
Water is in short supply, the soil is barely arable, the terrain often 'inhospitable' .
The figures move carefully and deliberately across 'inhospitable' terrain, picking their way through the dusty, red-rock desert.
He was among 700 competitors in a gruelling 150-mile race across some of the most 'inhospitable' terrain in the Sahara Desert.
So why do so many people with so much wealth live in such an 'inhospitable' climate?
Many feel it's a memorial to all the hard working men who forged trails through 'inhospitable' blocks of back country.
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.
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.
In a terrain so 'inhospitable' to a civilization of hunters and gatherers, the Kurds became a race of raiders and traders.
The exhibition showcases incredible work - done in 'inhospitable' terrain, without laptops, cell phones or machinery.
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.
And it's the island's lush, vivid greenery which marks it out from the arid, 'inhospitable' , landscapes of Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Tenerife.
Tibetans still form a majority of people living in the 'inhospitable' countryside.
Nor were its inhabitants ‘a wild and 'inhospitable' people’, of whom it could be said ‘All their habits are the habits of barbarians’.
So why would any sane recreational diver seek to dive in such an 'inhospitable' environment?
There's so little fresh water and the volcanic landscape is so 'inhospitable' , only a narrow, unique spectrum of creatures thrive.
It is a harsh, 'inhospitable' land, covered in flies and governed by insufferable temperatures that defies easy civilization.
It's a harsh, 'inhospitable' area where the people are fighting to survive, keeping cattle, camels and goats on small pockets of arable land.
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.
This country is basically uninhabitable and extremely 'inhospitable' with the exception of the coastline.
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.
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.
Sir, please pardon my 'inhospitality' , however, it is rather late and I am actually not very anxious to see you at the moment.
In a land so inescapably and 'inhospitably' cold, hockey is the dance of life, an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive.
With the extent and 'inhospitableness' of its spaces, it was a night of eerie solitude.
It was not a ‘garden’ but, instead, an 'inhospitably' extreme environment for most organisms.
The breathtaking scenery, which ranges from 'inhospitably' barren to invitingly lush, makes The Motorcycle Diaries a story of the land as much as a story of the two men traveling it.
Flying into Arequipa gives a sense of the 'inhospitableness' of the landscape.
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