inhospitality
lack of hospitality; inhospitable attitude toward or treatment of visitors, guests, etc.
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How to use inhospitality in a sentence
The farmer and Rhoda, deeming that there had been a show of inhospitality, pressed him to make away with this forlorn remainder.
Rhoda Fleming, Complete | George MeredithHe swallowed this rough inhospitality, which is the hemlock that poisons country faith.
Here we experienced a degree of inhospitality not met with among the savages.
"And how unjust to pursue this man with such frivolous inhospitality so many years," Vesta exclaimed, her splendid eyes flashing.
The Entailed Hat | George Alfred TownsendAll the cats in the vicinity came to call, but Polly was the very spirit of inhospitality.
Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road | Katharine Lee Bates
British Dictionary definitions for inhospitality
/ (ˌɪnhɒspɪˈtælɪtɪ, ɪnˌhɒs-) /
the state or attitude of being inhospitable or unwelcoming
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