Definition of unpropitious in English:

unpropitious

adjective ʌnprəˈpɪʃəsˌənprəˈpɪʃəs

(of a circumstance) not giving or indicating a good chance of success; unfavourable.
his reports were submitted at a financially unpropitious time
Example sentencesExamples
- Our men arrive at an unpropitious moment, just as Robert Mugabe drives a new set of repressive laws through his parliament and puts his foot on the necks of human rights organisations.
- For several centuries Southwark remained rural, partly because it was low lying and unpropitious for building.
- The Blog Quebecois is a good one despite its unpropitious location.
- He took up the canal as an issue at an unpropitious time; he generated so much popular support that the skeptics in the political class had to bow to it; he presided over both the groundbreaking and the completion.
- Sachs argues, that a syndrome of unpropitious circumstances enchain the poorest countries in a hand to mouth existence that prevents them investing in their future.
- Even the Pope feels it is politically unpropitious to avow any commitment to the RCC's official belief system.
- Defection on the way to Americanization was common; vitiated practice and invincible vagueness about belief and conviction were not a cause for alarm but the best that could be achieved under unpropitious conditions.
- No one looks forward to the prospect of internecine warfare at so unpropitious a political moment.
- Not because they drink water, but because the state of mind which makes them dread alcohol is unpropitious to the hatching of any generous idea.
- Despite such unpropitious omens, Raistrick believes that Scotland should ‘go for it’ and submit a bid to stage the 2003 World Indoor Cup, with the two most likely venues being in Glasgow or at Bell's Sports Centre.
- Where the moral formation of a people is deficient, the general will malign, or historical circumstance unpropitious, democracy is quite unambiguously wicked in its results.
- It initially had to be postponed two weeks out of concerns that the country's political chaos were unpropitious to success.
- The situation at the main British landing site at Helles, where the landings had begun at dawn, was equally unpropitious.
- Wang also mentioned that her Chinese name sounds unpropitious.
- However unpropitious the news from Canterbury, however downcast by events at The Oval earlier in the week, Shane Warne was far from a cowed figure at Sophia Gardens yesterday.
- Certainly, the next 24 hours seem unpropitious for any US bombardment: today is Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar and since 1973 one with fateful resonance in Middle East history.
- Cæsar might be ready to go to war; but if the Pontifex Maximus at Number XI opens any one of five pigeons and pronounces its entrails unpropitious, then the legions must stand down.
- Liberal Saudi spokesmen explained that not all were opposed to women's driving, but that the incident came at an unpropitious moment.
- In deeply unpropitious times, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has refreshed and fortified our sense of what can still be meant by the collective endeavour of ‘scholarship’.
- In 2001 the couple got married in the face of some unpropitious portents.
Synonyms
adverse, disadvantageous, unadvantageous, unfavourable, unlucky, untoward, unwelcome

Derivatives

unpropitiously

adverb

Born unpropitiously into a man's world, she plays the role of a woman exuding exemplary tolerance.
Example sentencesExamples
- Their marriage began unpropitiously when the groom - intending to instruct his bride in her marital duties - took her to watch a display of graphic lovemaking in a brothel.
- The little boy, who slipped and fell so unpropitiously a few days ago, lies fretting in his bed in the cramped room.
- The work begins unpropitiously with the words: ‘After so much that has been written on this subject… it is difficult to say anything new upon the subject.
- Old Church traditions and folklore warned against marrying unpropitiously, and forbade marriage during Lent and Advent.

Definition of unpropitious in US English:

unpropitious

adjectiveˌənprəˈpɪʃəsˌənprəˈpiSHəs

(of a circumstance) not giving or indicating a good chance of success; unfavorable.
his reports were submitted at a financially unpropitious time
Example sentencesExamples
- Defection on the way to Americanization was common; vitiated practice and invincible vagueness about belief and conviction were not a cause for alarm but the best that could be achieved under unpropitious conditions.
- Cæsar might be ready to go to war; but if the Pontifex Maximus at Number XI opens any one of five pigeons and pronounces its entrails unpropitious, then the legions must stand down.
- Our men arrive at an unpropitious moment, just as Robert Mugabe drives a new set of repressive laws through his parliament and puts his foot on the necks of human rights organisations.
- No one looks forward to the prospect of internecine warfare at so unpropitious a political moment.
- Despite such unpropitious omens, Raistrick believes that Scotland should ‘go for it’ and submit a bid to stage the 2003 World Indoor Cup, with the two most likely venues being in Glasgow or at Bell's Sports Centre.
- Certainly, the next 24 hours seem unpropitious for any US bombardment: today is Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar and since 1973 one with fateful resonance in Middle East history.
- He took up the canal as an issue at an unpropitious time; he generated so much popular support that the skeptics in the political class had to bow to it; he presided over both the groundbreaking and the completion.
- The situation at the main British landing site at Helles, where the landings had begun at dawn, was equally unpropitious.
- In 2001 the couple got married in the face of some unpropitious portents.
- Sachs argues, that a syndrome of unpropitious circumstances enchain the poorest countries in a hand to mouth existence that prevents them investing in their future.
- In deeply unpropitious times, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has refreshed and fortified our sense of what can still be meant by the collective endeavour of ‘scholarship’.
- Where the moral formation of a people is deficient, the general will malign, or historical circumstance unpropitious, democracy is quite unambiguously wicked in its results.
- Liberal Saudi spokesmen explained that not all were opposed to women's driving, but that the incident came at an unpropitious moment.
- Even the Pope feels it is politically unpropitious to avow any commitment to the RCC's official belief system.
- For several centuries Southwark remained rural, partly because it was low lying and unpropitious for building.
- It initially had to be postponed two weeks out of concerns that the country's political chaos were unpropitious to success.
- The Blog Quebecois is a good one despite its unpropitious location.
- However unpropitious the news from Canterbury, however downcast by events at The Oval earlier in the week, Shane Warne was far from a cowed figure at Sophia Gardens yesterday.
- Not because they drink water, but because the state of mind which makes them dread alcohol is unpropitious to the hatching of any generous idea.
- Wang also mentioned that her Chinese name sounds unpropitious.
Synonyms
adverse, disadvantageous, unadvantageous, unfavourable, unlucky, untoward, unwelcome

单词	unpropitious
释义	Definition of unpropitious in English: unpropitious adjective ʌnprəˈpɪʃəsˌənprəˈpɪʃəs (of a circumstance) not giving or indicating a good chance of success; unfavourable. his reports were submitted at a financially unpropitious time Example sentencesExamples Our men arrive at an unpropitious moment, just as Robert Mugabe drives a new set of repressive laws through his parliament and puts his foot on the necks of human rights organisations. For several centuries Southwark remained rural, partly because it was low lying and unpropitious for building. The Blog Quebecois is a good one despite its unpropitious location. He took up the canal as an issue at an unpropitious time; he generated so much popular support that the skeptics in the political class had to bow to it; he presided over both the groundbreaking and the completion. Sachs argues, that a syndrome of unpropitious circumstances enchain the poorest countries in a hand to mouth existence that prevents them investing in their future. Even the Pope feels it is politically unpropitious to avow any commitment to the RCC's official belief system. Defection on the way to Americanization was common; vitiated practice and invincible vagueness about belief and conviction were not a cause for alarm but the best that could be achieved under unpropitious conditions. No one looks forward to the prospect of internecine warfare at so unpropitious a political moment. Not because they drink water, but because the state of mind which makes them dread alcohol is unpropitious to the hatching of any generous idea. Despite such unpropitious omens, Raistrick believes that Scotland should ‘go for it’ and submit a bid to stage the 2003 World Indoor Cup, with the two most likely venues being in Glasgow or at Bell's Sports Centre. Where the moral formation of a people is deficient, the general will malign, or historical circumstance unpropitious, democracy is quite unambiguously wicked in its results. It initially had to be postponed two weeks out of concerns that the country's political chaos were unpropitious to success. The situation at the main British landing site at Helles, where the landings had begun at dawn, was equally unpropitious. Wang also mentioned that her Chinese name sounds unpropitious. However unpropitious the news from Canterbury, however downcast by events at The Oval earlier in the week, Shane Warne was far from a cowed figure at Sophia Gardens yesterday. Certainly, the next 24 hours seem unpropitious for any US bombardment: today is Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar and since 1973 one with fateful resonance in Middle East history. Cæsar might be ready to go to war; but if the Pontifex Maximus at Number XI opens any one of five pigeons and pronounces its entrails unpropitious, then the legions must stand down. Liberal Saudi spokesmen explained that not all were opposed to women's driving, but that the incident came at an unpropitious moment. In deeply unpropitious times, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has refreshed and fortified our sense of what can still be meant by the collective endeavour of ‘scholarship’. In 2001 the couple got married in the face of some unpropitious portents. Synonyms adverse, disadvantageous, unadvantageous, unfavourable, unlucky, untoward, unwelcome Derivatives unpropitiously adverb Born unpropitiously into a man's world, she plays the role of a woman exuding exemplary tolerance. Example sentencesExamples Their marriage began unpropitiously when the groom - intending to instruct his bride in her marital duties - took her to watch a display of graphic lovemaking in a brothel. The little boy, who slipped and fell so unpropitiously a few days ago, lies fretting in his bed in the cramped room. The work begins unpropitiously with the words: ‘After so much that has been written on this subject… it is difficult to say anything new upon the subject. Old Church traditions and folklore warned against marrying unpropitiously, and forbade marriage during Lent and Advent. Definition of unpropitious in US English: unpropitious adjectiveˌənprəˈpɪʃəsˌənprəˈpiSHəs (of a circumstance) not giving or indicating a good chance of success; unfavorable. his reports were submitted at a financially unpropitious time Example sentencesExamples Defection on the way to Americanization was common; vitiated practice and invincible vagueness about belief and conviction were not a cause for alarm but the best that could be achieved under unpropitious conditions. Cæsar might be ready to go to war; but if the Pontifex Maximus at Number XI opens any one of five pigeons and pronounces its entrails unpropitious, then the legions must stand down. Our men arrive at an unpropitious moment, just as Robert Mugabe drives a new set of repressive laws through his parliament and puts his foot on the necks of human rights organisations. No one looks forward to the prospect of internecine warfare at so unpropitious a political moment. Despite such unpropitious omens, Raistrick believes that Scotland should ‘go for it’ and submit a bid to stage the 2003 World Indoor Cup, with the two most likely venues being in Glasgow or at Bell's Sports Centre. Certainly, the next 24 hours seem unpropitious for any US bombardment: today is Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar and since 1973 one with fateful resonance in Middle East history. He took up the canal as an issue at an unpropitious time; he generated so much popular support that the skeptics in the political class had to bow to it; he presided over both the groundbreaking and the completion. The situation at the main British landing site at Helles, where the landings had begun at dawn, was equally unpropitious. In 2001 the couple got married in the face of some unpropitious portents. Sachs argues, that a syndrome of unpropitious circumstances enchain the poorest countries in a hand to mouth existence that prevents them investing in their future. In deeply unpropitious times, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has refreshed and fortified our sense of what can still be meant by the collective endeavour of ‘scholarship’. Where the moral formation of a people is deficient, the general will malign, or historical circumstance unpropitious, democracy is quite unambiguously wicked in its results. Liberal Saudi spokesmen explained that not all were opposed to women's driving, but that the incident came at an unpropitious moment. Even the Pope feels it is politically unpropitious to avow any commitment to the RCC's official belief system. For several centuries Southwark remained rural, partly because it was low lying and unpropitious for building. It initially had to be postponed two weeks out of concerns that the country's political chaos were unpropitious to success. The Blog Quebecois is a good one despite its unpropitious location. However unpropitious the news from Canterbury, however downcast by events at The Oval earlier in the week, Shane Warne was far from a cowed figure at Sophia Gardens yesterday. Not because they drink water, but because the state of mind which makes them dread alcohol is unpropitious to the hatching of any generous idea. Wang also mentioned that her Chinese name sounds unpropitious. Synonyms adverse, disadvantageous, unadvantageous, unfavourable, unlucky, untoward, unwelcome
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