welcome
interjection
(a word of kindly greeting, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure).
unwelcoming
-
a word derived from
welcome.
Example Sentences
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It can be reclusive and even unwelcoming, but it can’t attack its neighbors, blockade international waters, or export extremism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
But for students like Lucy—and for Jack and Harper, who’d already felt unsafe long before the shooting—those gestures couldn’t reach the part of campus that still felt unwelcoming.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2025
But trans activist Kanan Durham says Surf City USA and Orange County in general have grown more and more unwelcoming — in some cases hostile — for members of the LGBTQ+ community.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024
Yet a few games this year are embracing accessibility, carving a niche from the bones of a hitherto unwelcoming landscape.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
When he looked back toward the trees, in the direction he had come, it seemed inhospitable, unwelcoming, locked down.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
