untoward
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untoward (comparative more untoward, superlative most untoward)
- Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.
- 2004, Jan Riordan, chapter 5, Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, ISBN 0763745855, page 149:
- No untoward effects were reported; however, this was not a blinded or controlled study.
- 2007, Steven C. Schachter et al., chapter 4, Behavioral Aspects of Epilepsy: Principles and Practice, ISBN 1933864044, page 282:
- However, these guidelines may not be applicable to all individuals with refractory epilepsy, in whom seizure control is not achieved without using polytherapy or resection surgery with their untoward side effects.
- 2004, Jan Riordan, chapter 5, Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, ISBN 0763745855, page 149:
- Unruly, troublesome.
- Unseemly, improper.
- between 1812 and 1814, Jane Austin, chapter 1, Mansfield Park:
- She could hardly have made a more untoward choice.
- 2005, John Martin, Organizational Behaviour and Management, ISBN 1861529481, page 518:
- The managing director was very depressed at the news, but realized that trying to prove anything untoward had taken place would be very difficult.
- between 1812 and 1814, Jane Austin, chapter 1, Mansfield Park:
- (medicine) side effects
Synonyms [edit]
- (unfavorable, adverse): adverse, disadvantageous, inconvenient, unfavorable, unfortunate
- (unruly, troublesome): difficult, fractious, stubborn, troublesome, uncontrollable, unruly
- (unseemly, improper): immodest, improper, unseemly
Translations [edit]
unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous
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unruly, troublesome
unseemly, improper
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