Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not compatible or sympathetic, as in character.
- adjective Not appropriate; unsuitable.
- adjective Not pleasing; disagreeable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not congenial.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective not
congenial ,compatible orsympathetic - adjective botany
incapable of beinggrafted
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective very unfavorable to life or growth
- adjective not suitable to your tastes or needs
- adjective used of plant stock or scions; incapable of being grafted
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Examples
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He believed that I had marked artistic talent and that I should not be forced to waste it in uncongenial work.
Madeleine: An Autobiography Madeleine 1919
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After a short and "uncongenial" employment with Hallensteins, Charles became one of New Zealand's foremost literary figures, founding the literary journal Landfall in 1946.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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The caricature of celebrity-friendly religions, of course, is that they are long on consolation and short on anything else, such as uncongenial moral codes or an actual God whose own celebrity, celeb-watching snarks suggest, might occasionally overshadow the star's own.
unknown title 2009
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"uncongenial," the "friendly parting before any bitterness creeps in," and the "free to decide our lives in some happier and wiser way," rang false.
Sisters Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923
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She liked Hogg and loved Leigh Hunt, but Peacock was uncongenial to her.
Biography in the DNB 2010
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Mary, remitted from beloved friends to an uncongenial stepmother, was doubtless on her part pining for sympathy.
Biography in the DNB 2010
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Some of those arguments seem insane to people who find them uncongenial.
Rally to Restore Authority James Taranto 2010
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Frankly, we are concerned about your performing the Twist, in an era uncongenial to it, and how it might aggravate your sciatica.
Dear Chairman Bernanke Peter Jeffrey 2011
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They were wrapped in an uncongenial and frosty imperviousness.
THE PRODIGAL FATHER 2010
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That single cell contracts and recoils from the things in its environment uncongenial to its constitution, and the things congenial it draws to itself and absorbs.
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