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uncongenial

adjective

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adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English congenial English uncongenial From un- + congenial.

  1. Not congenial, compatible or sympathetic.
  2. Not appropriate; unsuitable.
  3. Not pleasing; disagreeable.

    He found office life uncongenial, and eventually left the company.

    A few days brought time into that general routine of small observances which make up ordinary existence; but never had Francesca felt herself in a more uncongenial atmosphere.

  4. Incapable of being grafted.