uncongenial

Example Sentences

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Yet let's consider this admittedly uncongenial possibility: perhaps Trump is onto something.

From Salon

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

The intellectual energy of the galleries fizzled out in this strangely uncongenial, vertical space that was reminiscent of a shopping mall.

From Washington Post

But the $250 million Kennedy Center expansion, confined to a small and uncongenial urban footprint, was a significantly more challenging project.

From Washington Post

Matthew is bemused but willing; among the many virtues of cruising as a narrative device is that it can dispose a character to play along in uncongenial situations.

From The New Yorker