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unpropitious (iou)



unpropitious adjective. L17.
[from UN-1 + PROPITIOUS.]
Not propitious, not boding well; (of weather, an occasion, etc.) unfavourable, untimely.
T. Hardy The season was unpropitious for accidental encounters with her out of doors. S. Chitty William John, for all his unpropitious origins, brought the family into the professional classes.
unpropitiously adverb E17.
unpropitiousness noun (rare) M19.