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untoward

adjective

Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
U
Ends with
D
Contains
NT
Scrabble score
12
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

/ˌʌn.tʊˈwɔːd/ /ʌnˈtɔɹd/

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.

  2. Unruly, troublesome; not easily guided.

  3. Unseemly, improper.

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Synonyms

adversedisadvantageousinconvenientunfavorableunfortunatedifficultfractiousstubborntroublesomeuncontrollableunrulyimmodestimproperunseemly

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