inhospitableness

/ˌɪnhɑˈspɪtəbəɫnəs/ noun

The state or quality of being inhospitable.

Word Origin From Latin 'hospes' meaning both 'host' and 'guest' — a beautiful reciprocity. Inhospitableness is the quality of not being hospitable. The root gives us hospital (originally a place for guests), hospice, hostel, and even hostile (from the stranger sense). The breakdown in+hospit+able+ness shows the layers: not + host-like + able + ness.

noun The state or quality of being inhospitable. countable

The inhospitableness of the desert made the journey extremely difficult.

(名词) 不好客;冷淡;荒凉

沙漠的不适宜居住性使得旅程极其困难。

(sustantivo) El estado o la cualidad de ser inhospitalario.

La hostilidad del desierto hizo que el viaje fuera extremadamente difícil.

(nom) inhospitalité [Caractère de ce qui est inhospitalier ; manque d'accueil ou conditions d'environnement difficiles.]

L'hostilité du désert a rendu le voyage extrêmement difficile.

(Substantiv) Ungastlichkeit; Unhospitälität [Die Eigenschaft, unwirtlich oder abweisend zu sein; mangelnde Gastfreundschaft.]

Die **inhospitableness** der Wüste machte die Reise extrem beschwerlich.

(名詞) もてなしの悪い状態や性質;不親切さ

砂漠の厳しさが、旅を非常に困難にした。

(substantivo) inospitalidade [Estado ou qualidade de ser inóspito; inospitalidade.]

A inospitalidade do deserto tornou a jornada extremamente difícil.

Word parts: in + hospit + able + ness

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