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.
INHOSPITALITY In*hos`pi*tal"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. inhospitalitas: cf. F. inhospitalité. See In- not, and Hospitality.]
Defn: The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality. Bp. Hall.
INHUMAN
In*hu"man, a. Etym: [L. inhumanus: cf. F. inhumain. See In- not, and
Human.]
1. Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people.
2. Characterized by, or attended with, cruelty; as, an inhuman act or punishment.
Syn. — Cruel; unfeeling; pitiless; merciless; savage; barbarous; brutal; ferocious; ruthless; fiendish.
INHUMANITY In`hu*man"i*ty, n.; pl. Inhumanities. Etym: [L. inhumanitas: cf. F. inhumanité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity.
Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn. Burns.