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unpropitious
adjective
formaluk /ˌʌn.prəˈpɪʃ.əs/ us /ˌʌn.prəˈpɪʃ.əs/
not likely to be successful, or not showing any signs of success:
It may have seemed an unpropitious time for a general election.
She assumed power in distinctly unpropitious circumstances, facing union unrest, and a failing economy.
Opposite
propitious
Even beyond the question of funding, the climate for educational innovation seemed unpropitious.
The letter could not have arrived at a more unpropitious moment.
Owing to the extremely unpropitious weather, some of the plants did not flower.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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abjectly
at-risk
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balls (something) up
be on your beam endsidiom
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flop
flub
flunk out
founder
mess
running on emptyidiom
sclerotic
screw
screw (something) up
the rot sets inidiom
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