untoward

un- +‎ toward (to +‎ -ward)

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˌʌn.tʊˈwɔːd/
• (美國) 國際音標^(幫助): /ʌnˈtɔɹd/, /ˌʌn.təˈwɔɹd/

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• 韻部：-ɔː(ɹ)d

untoward (比較級 more untoward，最高級 most untoward)

1. 不好的，麻烦的，不利的

   近義詞：adverse、disadvantageous、inconvenient、unfavorable、unfortunate

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   • 1900, Willa Cather, "Eric Hermannson's Soul," Cosmopolitan 28:633 (April):

     Honest men for the most part, but men with whom the world had dealt hardly; the failures of all countries, men sobered by toil and saddened by exile, who had been driven to fight for the dominion of an untoward soil, to sow where others should gather, the advance-guard of a mighty civilization to be.

   • 1941 November, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, 出自 Railway Magazine，第 484 頁:

     At Tebay however, he began to get the mastery over these untoward conditions, and actually got back a little time up to Shap, after which all was plain sailing.

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   • 2004, Jan Riordan, 章號 5, 出自 Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, →ISBN，第 149 頁:

     No untoward effects were reported; however, this was not a blinded or controlled study.

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   • 2007, Steven C. Schachter et al., 章號 4, 出自 Behavioral Aspects of Epilepsy: Principles and Practice, →ISBN，第 282 頁:

     However, these guidelines may not be applicable to all individuals with refractory epilepsy, in whom seizure control is not achieved without using polytherapy or resection surgery with their untoward side effects.

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2. 麻烦的，困难的，棘手的，难以控制的

   近義詞：difficult、fractious、stubborn、troublesome、uncontrollable、unruly

3. 不恰当的，不得体的

   近義詞：immodest、improper、unseemly

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   • 2005, John Martin, Organizational Behaviour and Management, →ISBN，第 518 頁:

     The managing director was very depressed at the news, but realized that trying to prove anything untoward had taken place would be very difficult.

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   • 2021年4月8日, Gail Collins, 引 Matt Gaetz, “Here’s … Matt Gaetz”, 出自 The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “I have a suspicion that someone is trying to recategorize my generosity to ex-girlfriends as something more untoward,” Gaetz said. As only he could.

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• untowardly
• untowardness

• drawn out, drawn-out, outdrawn