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-derived
unnot, reversal
+
toroot
+
wardin the direction of
=untoward

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The untoward incident at the conference nearly caused a major diplomatic crisis.

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