Inhospitableness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being inhospitable. uncountable

    "Did you know that until very recently, more people had been to the moon than had dived beyond depths of six thousand metres? I think about this often – the inhospitableness of certain places."

  2. 2
    having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition wordnet
  3. 3
    the environmental condition in a region that lacks a favorable climate or terrain for life or growth wordnet

Synonyms

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disagreeablenessinhospitabilityrigorunfriendliness

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"Did you know that until very recently, more people had been to the moon than had dived beyond depths of six thousand metres? I think about this often – the inhospitableness of certain places."

Etymology

From inhospitable + -ness.

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