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inhospitality

noun
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Definition of inhospitality

: the quality or state of being inhospitable

Examples of inhospitality in a Sentence

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 Family separation at the border and another measure Damus knows first hand, detention of asylum seekers, also point to the current American inhospitality. — Michael K. Mcintyre, cleveland.com, "Haitian asylum seeker Ansly Damus adjusting to freedom, seeks work to help family back home: Michael K. McIntyre," 14 July 2019 The corporate world is even mimicking academia in its inhospitality to nonconforming speakers. — Heather Mac Donald, WSJ, "Don鈥檛 Even Think About Being Evil," 14 Aug. 2017

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First Known Use of inhospitality

circa 1576, in the meaning defined above

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