GRE vocabulary
untoward
unexpected and inconvenient or unwelcome
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Untoward in a sentence
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Nothing untoward happened during the long voyage.
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Questions about “untoward”
Untoward (adjective) means unexpected and inconvenient or unwelcome
Here is untoward used in an example sentence: "Nothing untoward happened during the long voyage."
Common synonyms for untoward include adverse, unfavorable, inauspicious.
Antonyms of untoward include favorable, fortunate, auspicious.
Untoward is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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