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单词 untoward
释义 Adjective: untoward  `úntu'word
  1. Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
    "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"
    - indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly 
  2. Contrary to your interests or welfare
    "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
    - adverse, inauspicious

See also: improper, unfavorable [US], unfavourable [Brit, Cdn]

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