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inauspicious

inaus·pi·cious

UK/ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs/ US/ˌɪˌnaʊˈspɪʃɪs/ uncommon

adjective

1.

not auspicious; boding ill

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2.

contrary to your interests or welfare

  • “adverse circumstances”
  • “made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions”
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3.

presaging ill-fortune

  • “ill omens”
  • “ill predictions”
  • “my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven” P.B.Shelley
  • “a dead and ominous silence prevailed”
  • “a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government”
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Origin

From in- + auspicious.

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