untoward
🇬🇧 UK/ʌn'tәuәd/🇺🇸 US
GREA2
Definitions
adj.
Unexpected and unfavourable; improper or unseemly in behaviour.
不顺利的;麻烦的;不得体的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedunnot, reversal
+
toroot
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wardin the direction of
=untoward
Example Sentences
- 1.
The untoward incident at the conference nearly caused a major diplomatic crisis.