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inauspicious

adj
/ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs/

Etymology

From in- + auspicious.

  1. derived from auspicium — “augury”
  2. prefixed as inauspicious — “in + auspicious”

Definitions

  1. Not auspicious

    Not auspicious; ill-omened.

    • And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars.
    • Inauspicious love.
    • 1788, John Jay, as Publius, The Federalist, II It is not to be wondered at that a government instituted in times so inauspicious, should on experiment be found greatly deficient and inadequate to the purpose it was intended to answer.

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