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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
untoward
    adj 1: not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right
           or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent
           haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a
           lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their
           untoward ribaldry" [syn: indecent, indecorous,
           unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward]
    2: contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse
       circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most
       untoward conditions" [syn: adverse, inauspicious,
       untoward]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Untoward \Un*to"ward\, prep. [Unto + -ward.]
   Toward. [Obs.] --Gower.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Untoward \Un*to"ward\, a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]
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   1. Froward; perverse. "Save yourselves from this untoward
      generation." --Acts ii. 40.
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   2. Awkward; ungraceful. "Untoward words." --Creech. "Untoward
      manner." --Swift.
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   3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky;
      unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.
      [1913 Webster] -- Un*to"ward*ly, adv. --
      Un*to"ward*ness, n.
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Thesaurus Results for untoward:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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