inauspicious

in·aus·pi·cious (

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adj.

Not favorable; not auspicious.

inaus·picious·ly adv.

inaus·picious·ness n.

inauspicious [ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs]

adj

not auspicious; unlucky

inauspiciously adv

inauspiciousness n

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Adj.	1.	inauspicious - not auspicious; boding ill unfortunate auspicious - auguring favorable circumstances and good luck; "an auspicious beginning for the campaign"
	2.	inauspicious - contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions" adverse, untoward unfavorable, unfavourable - not encouraging or approving or pleasing; "unfavorable conditions"; "an unfavorable comparison"; "unfavorable comments", "unfavorable impression"
	3.	inauspicious - 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" ominous, ill unpropitious - not propitious

inauspicious

adjective unpromising, bad, unfortunate, discouraging, unlucky, ominous, unfavourable, black, untoward, ill-omened, unpropitious, bodeful The meeting got off to an inauspicious start.
good, promising, encouraging, lucky, fortunate, favourable, auspicious, propitious

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inauspicious [ˌɪnɔːsˈpɪʃəs] ADJ [occasion] → poco propicio; [circumstances] → desfavorable; [moment] → inoportuno, poco propicio
the campaign got off to an inauspicious start → la campaña empezó de manera poco propicia

inauspicious [ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs] adj → peu propice
in-between [ˌɪnbɪˈtwiːn] adj [stage] → entre les deux
inboard motor [ˌɪnbɔː^rdˈməʊtə^r] n → moteur m in-bord, in-bord m

inauspicious

adj → Unheil verheißend; circumstances, omen also → unheilträchtig; to get off to an inauspicious start (career, campaign) → sich nicht gerade vielversprechend anlassen; (person) → keinen vielversprechenden Anfang machen

inauspicious [ˌɪnɔːsˈpɪʃəs] adj → poco propizio/a

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adverse
angry
auspicious
favourable
ill
ill-boding
ill-starred
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inauspiciously
inopportune
ominous
promising
sinistrous
Sinistrously
threatening
Unauspicious
unfavourable
unfriendly
unluckiness

Finding it so directly on the threshold of our narrative, which is now about to issue from that inauspicious portal, we could hardly do otherwise than pluck one of its flowers, and present it to the reader.

The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

It is not to be wondered at, that a government instituted in times so inauspicious, should on experiment be found greatly deficient and inadequate to the purpose it was intended to answer.

Federalist Papers Authored by John Jay by Jay, John View in context

He had brought a new copy of The Arabian Nights for Rebecca, wishing to replace the well-worn old one that had been the delight of her girlhood; but meeting her at such an inauspicious time, he had absently carried it away with him.

Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context

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