untoward

[uhn-tawrd, -tohrd] / ʌnˈtɔrd, -ˈtoʊrd /

ADJECTIVE

troublesome

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adverse disturbing perverse unfortunate unmanageable

WEAK

annoying awkward contrary disastrous fractious hapless ill-starred inauspicious inconvenient indocile inimical inopportune intractable irritating luckless misfortunate recalcitrant refractory star-crossed undisciplined unfavorable ungovernable unhappy unlucky unpliable unpropitious unruly untimely unyielding vexatious wild

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fortunate happy lucky

WEAK

acceptable auspicious proper suitable

ADJECTIVE

improper; not suitable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

inappropriate unbecoming unseemly

WEAK

improprietous indecent indecorous indelicate malodorous out of place rough uncouth unfitting ungodly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

appropriate fitting proper seemly suitable

WEAK

acceptable auspicious happy lucky

Example Sentences

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Is she doing something untoward with his money?

From MarketWatch

“There were times during those days that we did not make it to school due to inclement weather or some other untoward event,” she wrote in a biographical post on the McAdoo Center website.

From Los Angeles Times

“I hope nothing untoward happens to him this time,” she thought.

From Literature

A police patrol investigated but found nothing untoward.

From BBC

“I just know,” she insists, “something untoward has happened.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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