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(adj) unfortunate
not auspicious; boding ill
presaging ill fortune
ill omens; ill predictions; my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven- P.B.Shelley; a dead and ominous silence prevailed; a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government
contrary to your interests or welfare
adverse circumstances; made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions