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uncongeniality

noun

A disposition not to be congenial

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Word length
14
Starts with
U
Ends with
Y
Contains
NC
Scrabble score
20

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noun

  1. A disposition not to be congenial

noun

  1. The quality of not being pleasing; of being disagreeable.

    “Notwithstanding the uncongeniality of his surroundings, he had found opportunities for study, and never had his treasured volumes seemed more precious to him than during those long winter months, when despair haunted him like a shadow from which there seemed no means of escape.”

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Notwithstanding the uncongeniality of his surroundings, he had found opportunities for study, and never had his treasured volumes seemed more precious to him than during those long winter months, when despair haunted him like a shadow from which there seemed no means of escape.

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