uncongenial
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Uncongenial ideas must be foreshadowed by “trigger warnings,” lest students, who never were free-range children and now are as brittle as pretzels, crumble.
From Washington Post • May 13, 2015
Uncongenial as the two had been, Jason Jones was her father—her only remaining parent—and the suddenness of his death shocked and horrified the girl.
From Mary Louise Solves a Mystery by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
Uncongenial brothers and sisters are often thrown together and bound by the most indissoluble natural ties.
From The Wedding Guest by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
Uncongenial, because Ronald alone followed Sir Owen in the religious half of his nature, and found the 'worldliness' and conventionality of his unflinching mother a serious bar to his enjoyment of home society.
From Philistia by Allen, Grant
Uncongenial and unpleasant conditions are not conducive to proper thought.
From The Power of Concentration by Dumont, Theron Q.
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