In*hos"pi*ta*ble (?), a. [Pref. in- not + hospitable: cf. L. inhospitalis.]
1.
Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.
Have you no touch of pity, that the poor
Stand starved at your inhospitable door?
Cowper.
2.
Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild.
"
Inhospitable wastes."
Blair.
-- In*hos"pi*ta*ble*mess, n. -- In*hos"pi*ta*bly, adv.
© Webster 1913.