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uncongenial::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | hostile, unfriendly |
an uncongenial atmosphere.
an uncongenial soil.
uncongenial::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | incompatible |
| Derivation | uncongeniality |
the uncongenial roommates were always fighting.
the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs.
uncongenial::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of uncongenial
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Creative types just don't want to work in such an uncongenial physical environment.
From the philly.com
Raffles has been my companion through many a humdrum, uncongenial billet ever since.
From the independent.co.uk
Finding life in Casa Guarneri in some way uncongenial, he left Cremona for good in 1718.
From the en.wikipedia.org
But even if his company is uncongenial, the boarding house will soon be left far behind.
From the economist.com
One wonders why he expended his remarkable literary gifts on women he found so uncongenial.
From the time.com
In fact, Senator Pinochet may find uncongenial a life in which others talk back rather than obey orders.
From the economist.com
But in 1847 a sense of duty compelled him to take a far more laborious and uncongenial appointment.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The biological view of our animal origin is an uncongenial fact, and we may struggle against it, but we cannot escape it.
From the theatlantic.com
Why is such a thought uncongenial and repelling?
From the theatlantic.com
- Not suitable to your tastes or needs; "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs"
- Hostile: very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"
- Used of plant stock or scions; incapable of being grafted
- (uncongeniality) a disposition not to be congenial
- (uncongeniality) The relationship between types of woody plants which will form a graft, but produce large swellings, severe dwarfing, or overgrowths at the plant union.
