inhospitable
in·hos·pit·able BrE [ˌɪnhɒˈspɪtəbl] NAmE [ˌɪnhɑːˈspɪtəbl] adjective
1. (of a place)difficult to stay or live in, especially because there is no shelter from the weather
Syn: ↑unwelcoming
•inhospitable terrain
•an inhospitable climate
2. (of people)not giving a friendly or polite welcome to guests
Opp: ↑hospitable
Word Origin:
[inhospitable] late 16th cent.: French, from in- ‘not’ + hospitable (from obsolete hospiter ‘receive a guest’, from medieval Latin hospitare ‘entertain’, from hospes, hospit- ‘host, guest’).
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