untoward
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- s not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
moved to curb their untoward ribaldry - s contrary to your interests or welfare
made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions
- It's much easier on the knees than running and, beyond an occasional stitch in the side, doesn't trigger untoward side effects.
- But it rumbled by as if nothing untoward were happening.
- Last week, scientists found a name for that grim plague which, since the untoward demise of a certain Mexican woman three weeks ago, has caused a series of deaths so sinister .