(of a place 地方 difficult to stay or live in, especially because there is no shelter from the weather 不适于居住的；（尤指）无遮蔽处的，荒凉的 inhospitable terrain 荒凉地带 an inhospitable climate 不宜人的气候
(of people 人 not giving a friendly or polite welcome to guests 不殷勤待客的；不好客的 opposite hospitable
Word Originlate 16th cent.: French, from in- ‘not’ + hospitable (from obsolete hospiter ‘receive a guest’, from medieval Latin hospitare ‘entertain’, from hospes, hospit- ‘host, guest’).