inauspicious

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Derived terms

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[edit] Etymology

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inauspicious (comparative more inauspicious, superlative most inauspicious)

1. Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.

   Quotations

   • 1595: And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars. — Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, V,iii.
   • Inauspicious love. — Dryden.
   • 1788: 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. — Publius, Federalist, II.

[edit] Derived terms

• inauspiciously
• inauspiciousness