untoward
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌʌn.tʊˈwɔːd/
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(r)d
Adjective
untoward (comparative more untoward, superlative most untoward)
- Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.
- 1886-88, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night:
- 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 […]
- 2004, Jan Riordan, chapter 5, in Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, →ISBN, page 149:
- No untoward effects were reported; however, this was not a blinded or controlled study.
- 2007, Steven C. Schachter et al., chapter 4, in Behavioral Aspects of Epilepsy: Principles and Practice, →ISBN, 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.
- 1886-88, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night:
- Unruly, troublesome; not easily guided.
- Unseemly, improper.
- 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 2–3:
- She could hardly have made a more untoward choice.
- 2005, John Martin, Organizational Behaviour and Management, →ISBN, 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.
Synonyms
- (unfavorable, adverse): adverse, disadvantageous, inconvenient, unfavorable, unfortunate
- (unruly, troublesome): difficult, fractious, stubborn, troublesome, uncontrollable, unruly
- (unseemly, improper): immodest, improper, unseemly
Translations
unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous
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unruly, troublesome
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unseemly, improper
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