Uncongenial
[,ʌnkən'dʒi:niəl]
Definition
(adj.) used of plant stock or scions; incapable of being grafted .
(adj.) not suitable to your tastes or needs; 'the uncongenial roommates were always fighting'; 'the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs' .
Edited by Barrett--From WordNet
Definition
adj. not congenial.
Inputed by Elizabeth
Examples
- She had used to think of the heath alone as an uncongenial spot to be in; she felt it now of the whole world. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I don't care, and Jo shut the door, feeling that food was an uncongenial topic just then. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Don't resent (as I think you have a general disposition to do) what may be uncongenial to you in him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She found us here; and presented her uncongenial cheek, the little wrinkles in it filled with hair powder, to Dora to be kissed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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