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uncongenial

/,ənkən'dʒiniəl/

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adjective
very unfavorable to life or growth
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"an uncongenial atmosphere" "an uncongenial soil"

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hostile unfriendly inhospitable
adjective
not suitable to your tastes or needs
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"the uncongenial roommates were always fighting" "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs"

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incompatible unsympathetic disagreeable

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congenial
adjective
used of plant stock or scions; incapable of being grafted
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incompatible

Examples of uncongenial

"an uncongenial atmosphere"
"an uncongenial soil"
"the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"
"the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs"