uncongenial
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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I have a trick for doing justice to an uncongenial work: “What would I like about this if I liked it?”
From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2019
She rejected major theaters that wanted to build her up in uncongenial minor roles, preferring to sing the characters she loved in smaller houses.
From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2017
It’s conceivable that, if she had lived to see the rise of second-wave feminism, she would have found it uncongenial or irrelevant.
From Slate • Oct. 5, 2016
It not only seeks to censor uncongenial speech but wishes to declare an uncongenial individual ineffable—in effect, to render him an unperson.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2016
“I don’t care,” and Jo shut the door, feeling that food was an uncongenial topic just then.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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