uncongenial

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un·con·gen·ial

(ŭn′kən-jēn′yəl)

adj.

1. Not compatible or sympathetic, as in character.

2. Not appropriate; unsuitable.

3. Not pleasing; disagreeable.

un′con·ge′ni·al′ity (-jē′nē-ăl′ĭ-tē) n.

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uncongenial

(ˌʌnkənˈdʒiːnjəl; -nɪəl)

adj

not friendly, pleasant, or agreeable

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Adj.	1.	uncongenial - not suitable to your tastes or needs; "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs" incompatible incompatible - not compatible; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors" unfriendly - not disposed to friendship or friendliness; "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take" unsympathetic - not sympathetic or disposed toward; "unsympathetic officialdom"; "people unsympathetic to the revolution"; "his dignity made him seem aloof and unsympathetic" congenial - suitable to your needs; "a congenial atmosphere to work in"; "two congenial spirits united...by mutual confidence and reciprocal virtues"- T.L.Peacock
	2.	uncongenial - very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes" hostile, unfriendly inhospitable - unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas"
	3.	uncongenial - used of plant stock or scions; incapable of being grafted incompatible - not compatible; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors"

uncongenial

adjective

1. Devoid of harmony and accord:

discordant, inconsonant, inharmonious, unharmonious.

2. Not pleasant or agreeable:

bad, disagreeable, displeasing, offensive, unpleasant, unsympathetic.

Informal: icky.

Slang: yucky.

Translations

antipathique

uncongenial

[ˈʌnkənˈdʒiːnɪəl] ADJ [person] → antipático, poco amigable; [company, work, surroundings] → desagradable, poco agradable
to be uncongenial to sb → ser antipático or desagradable con algn

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

uncongenial

[ˌʌnkənˈdʒiːniəl] adj

(= not to one's taste) [person] → inintéressant(e)

[atmosphere] → froid(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

uncongenial

adj person → unliebenswürdig, nicht einnehmend; work, surroundings → unerfreulich; he finds this place uncongenial → dieser Ort entspricht ihm or seinem Wesen nicht; to be uncongenial to somebody → sich jdm gegenüber wenig liebenswürdig verhalten

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

uncongenial

[ˌʌnkənˈdʒiːnɪəl] adj (person) → poco simpatico/a; (surroundings, work) → poco piacevole

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