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Meaning of untoward

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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