inhospitable

inhospitable
    adj 1: unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable
           desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas" [ant:
           {hospitable}]
    2: not hospitable; "they are extremely inhospitable these days";
       "her greeting was cold and inhospitable" [ant: {hospitable}]
    

Inhospitable \In*hos"pi*ta*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + hospitable:
   cf. L. inhospitalis.]
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   1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to
      strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.
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            Have you no touch of pity, that the poor
            Stand starved at your inhospitable door? --Cowper.
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   2. Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak;
      cheerless; wild. "Inhospitable wastes." --Blair. --
      {In*hos"pi*ta*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*hos"pi*ta*bly}, adv.
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35 Moby Thesaurus words for "inhospitable":
      chill, chilly, closed, cold, cool, disaccordant, disagreeable,
      frosty, icy, ill, incompatible, inimical, strained, tense,
      unaffectionate, unamiable, unamicable, unbenign, unbenignant,
      uncompassionate, uncompassioned, uncordial, unfriendly, ungenial,
      ungracious, unharmonious, unhospitable, unkind, unkindly, unloving,
      unneighborly, unreceptive, unsociable, unsympathetic,
      unsympathizing