untoward
Pronunciation: /ˌʌn.tʊˈwɔːd/
The English word “untoward” has 3 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.
- Unruly, troublesome; not easily guided.
- Unseemly, improper.
Etymology
From un- + toward (“to + -ward”).
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