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Inhospitableness

noun
1.
The environmental condition in a region that lacks a favorable climate or terrain for life or growth.
2.
Having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition.





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"Inhospitableness" Quotes from Famous Books



... water to the minute. The spring has been walled up and a marble spout inserted, which gushes forth a round, crystal column, as though endeavoring to compensate for the prevailing aridness and to apologize to the thirsty wayfarer for the inhospitableness of its surroundings. Miles away to the northward, perched high up among the ravines of a sun-baked mountain-spur, one can see a circumscribed area of luxuriant foliage. This conspicuous oasis in the desert marks the source ...
— Around the World on a Bicycle V1 • Thomas Stevens


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