| 单词 | unpropitious |
| 释义 | unpropitious (once / 11773 pages) adj WORD FAMILY unpropitious: unpropitiously, unpropitiousness+/propitious: propitiously, propitiousness, unpropitious USAGE EXAMPLESInternational trade is, once again, a hot-button political issue, making this an unpropitious time for rational discourse about the subject. Wall Street Journal(Apr 21, 2016) This looks likely to produce one of the most disliked and unpropitious candidacies in American political history. Economist(Mar 03, 2016) The circumstances seemed unpropitious: the project began in 2004, just when mass protests stalled an expansion by Yanacocha, a big gold mine nearby. Economist(Feb 04, 2016) adj not propitious Syn|Ant ill, inauspicious, ominous presaging ill fortune thunderousextremely ominous unfavorable, unfavourable(of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose propitious presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success auspiciousauguring favorable circumstances and good luck favorable, favourable, golden, lucky, prosperouspresaging or likely to bring good luck graciousdisposed to bestow favors favorable, favourable(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate |
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