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untoward

adj
/ˌʌn.tʊˈwɔːd/UK/ˌʌn.təˈwɔɹd/US

Etymology

From un- + toward (“to + -ward”).

  1. borrowed from तो
  2. suffixed as untoward — “to + ward”

Definitions

  1. Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.

    • But as soon as her son espied her, bowl in hand, he thought that haply something untoward had befallen her, but he would not ask of aught until such time as she had set down the bowl, when she acquainted him with that which had occurred[…]
    • At Tebay however, he began to get the mastery over these untoward conditions, and actually got back a little time up to Shap, after which all was plain sailing.

  2. Unruly, troublesome

    Unruly, troublesome; not easily guided.

  3. Unseemly, improper.

    • She could hardly have made a more untoward choice.
    • The managing director was very depressed at the news, but realized that trying to prove anything untoward had taken place would be very difficult.
    • “I have a suspicion that someone is trying to recategorize my generosity to ex-girlfriends as something more untoward,” Gaetz said. As only he could.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA