What is the meaning of uncongenial?

adjective

  • Not suitable to your tastes or needs.
    • usage: "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs"
  • Very unfavorable to life or growth.
    • usage: "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"
  • Used of plant stock or scions; incapable of being grafted. .
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