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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society;
- Example: "was buried with indecent haste"
- Example: "indecorous behavior"
- Example: "language unbecoming to a lady"
- Example: "unseemly to use profanity"
- Example: "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"
[syn: indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward]

2. contrary to your interests or welfare;
- Example: "adverse circumstances"
- Example: "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
[syn: adverse, inauspicious, untoward]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Untoward \Un*to"ward\, prep. [Unto + -ward.]
   Toward. [Obs.] --Gower.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Untoward \Un*to"ward\, a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]
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   1. Froward; perverse. "Save yourselves from this untoward
      generation." --Acts ii. 40.
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   2. Awkward; ungraceful. "Untoward words." --Creech. "Untoward
      manner." --Swift.
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   3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky;
      unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.
      [1913 Webster] -- Un*to"ward*ly, adv. --
      Un*to"ward*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]