uncongeniality
- a word derived from congeniality.
Example Sentences
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Lord Mayo discerned clearly how far this result was due to their own neglect, and how far to the unsuitability or uncongeniality of our educational methods.
From The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India by Hunter, William Wilson
It would appear as if the uncongeniality of the parents had affected their children unfavorably.
From The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell by Campbell, Theophila Carlile
She knew the sorrows of suspense, bereavement, and family disunion; and he, before his twenty-fourth year, had made experience of adversity, uncongeniality, disappointment, and severe—almost hopeless—everyday labour.
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
This result will be achieved partly because of the repeated demonstrations of the uncongeniality of military despotism to the Chinese spirit, and partly because with every passing year education will have done its work.
From China, Japan and the U.S.A. Present-Day Conditions in the Far East and Their Bearing on the Washington Conference by Dewey, John
I wish I could bring home to you," said Charles, "the number of intimations, as it were, which have been given me of my uncongeniality, as it may be called, with things as they are.
From Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert by Newman, John Henry
