untoward
不愉快的事,不愉快的事情,不愉快的,不愉快
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Definitions
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- : unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
- : improper: untoward social behavior.
- : Archaic. froward; perverse.
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Examples
The existence of that effort is itself presented by Lindell as evidence that something untoward happened, which is a bit like spending $250,000 on Bigfoot deterrents and then pointing to that investment as evidence that Bigfoot must exist.
There remains no credible evidence at all that anything untoward occurred in the 2020 election.
I have a suspicion that someone is trying to recategorize my generosity to ex-girlfriends as something more untoward.
Gwinn always maintained there was nothing untoward about the contracts and hired an outside accounting firm to audit them, which found accepted accounting principles were followed, the newspaper reported.
After somebody has gotten a vaccine—weeks or months later—they can have an untoward immune reaction.
But Krauss said that from the moment he and the other scientists arrived on the island, they never saw anything untoward.
There was no indication of anything untoward at the newest outpost of the Ace Hotel, in London, today.
I try not to think about the cold years ahead, when time will slowly poach my youth and my body will begin its untoward changes.
Any objectionable remark, any untoward joke, any awkward facial expression may be recorded and broadcast.
The story of this untoward event illustrates at once the morbid habit of his mind and the bitter passions of those times.