Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Lack of hospitality or friendliness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inhospitableness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality.
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- noun Lack of
hospitality .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun unkind and inconsiderate welcome
Etymologies
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Examples
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“For that, sir,” replied Craigengelt, “I am desired to refer you to what, in duty to my friend, I am to term your inhospitality in excluding him from your house, without reasons assigned.”
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He swallowed this rough inhospitality, which is the hemlock that poisons country faith.
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"For that, sir," replied Craigengelt, "I am desired to refer you to what, in duty to my friend, I am to term your inhospitality in excluding him from your house, without reasons assigned."
The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801
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Instead, they usually seek to attribute it to simply being "inhospitality," albeit of a violent nature.
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[121] While Sodom certainly manifested "inhospitality," it is the specific expression of it which is the issue.
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[121] While Sodom certainly manifested "inhospitality," it is the specific expression of it which is the issue.
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Instead, they usually seek to attribute it to simply being "inhospitality," albeit of a violent nature.
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Instead, they usually seek to attribute it to simply being "inhospitality," albeit of a violent nature.
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[121] While Sodom certainly manifested "inhospitality," it is the specific expression of it which is the issue.
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The assertion is often made that the story of Sodom and Gomorrah is primarily about homosexuality (as opposed to gang rape or inhospitality which is what the story actually refers to).
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