INHOSPITABLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inhospitableness mean? 

• INHOSPITABLENESS (noun)
  The noun INHOSPITABLENESS has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: INHOSPITABLENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INHOSPITABLENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The environmental condition in a region that lacks a favorable climate or terrain for life or growth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("inhospitableness" is a kind of...):

environmental condition (the state of the environment)

Derivation:

inhospitable (unfavorable to life or growth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("inhospitableness" is a kind of...):

unfriendliness (an unfriendly disposition)

Antonym:

hospitableness (having a disposition that welcomes guests and is fond of entertaining)

Derivation:

inhospitable (not hospitable)