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untoward
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Untoward \Un*to"ward\, prep. [Unto + -ward.] Toward. [Obs.] --Gower. [1913 Webster] .
From 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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