uncongenial en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
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.
Meanings
- Not congenial, compatible or sympathetic.
- Not appropriate; unsuitable.
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Not pleasing; disagreeable.
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.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 147:He found office life uncongenial, and eventually left the company.
However, they were all waiting - all the sixteen or twenty pilgrims of them - for something; and upon my word it did not seem an uncongenial occupation, from the way they took it, though the only thing that ever came to them was disease - as far as I could see.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 213:
- Incapable of being grafted.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most uncongenial | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more uncongenial | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
uncongenially · uncongenialness
Translations (13)
de unangemessen (not appropriate; unsuitable) · de divergent (not congenial, compatible, sympathetic) · de unpassend (not appropriate; unsuitable) · nl onpassend (not appropriate; unsuitable) · nl onpassend (not congenial, compatible, sympathetic) · de ungleich (not congenial, compatible, sympathetic) · bg неподходящ (not appropriate; unsuitable) · de unangenehm (not pleasing; disagreeable) · bg несъответстващ (not congenial, compatible, sympathetic) · de ungleichartig (not congenial, compatible, sympathetic) · bg неприятен (not pleasing; disagreeable) · hi असौहार्दपूर्ण (not congenial, compatible, sympathetic) · nl onaangenaam (not pleasing; disagreeable)