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inhospitable

/ˌɪnhɒsˈpɪtəbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.76 in modern English

Syllables
in-hos-pitable
IPA
/ˌɪnhɒsˈpɪtəbəl/
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly.

adj

Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle French inhospitable, from Medieval Latin inhospitābilis. By surface analysis, in- + hospitable.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: inhospitable, inhospitābilis

Inflected Forms

more inhospitable (comparative) most inhospitable (superlative)

Derived Forms

inhospitability inhospitableness inhospitably

Questions

How do you pronounce inhospitable?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪnhɒsˈpɪtəbəl/.
What does inhospitable mean?
Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly.
Where does inhospitable come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

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