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.
- Not congenial, compatible or sympathetic.
- Not appropriate; unsuitable.
- 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.”
- Incapable of being grafted.