uncongenial.
Not congenial, compatible or sympathetic.
Meaning & usage
Not congenial, compatible or sympathetic.
Not appropriate; unsuitable.
Not pleasing; disagreeable.
He found office life uncongenial, and eventually left the company.
Incapable of being grafted.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English un- English con- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-der. Latin genius Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin geniālisbor. Middle French génialbor. English genial English congenial English uncongenial From un- + congenial.
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