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What (who) is untoward - definition
untoward
a.
1.
Froward, perverse, intractable, stubborn, refractory.
2.
Inconvenient, unmanageable, annoying, troublesome, vexatious.
3.
Awkward, ungainly, ungraceful, uncouth.
untoward
¦ adjective unexpected and inappropriate or undesirable.
Derivatives
untowardly adverb
untowardness noun
untoward
If you say that something untoward happens, you mean that something happens that is unexpected and causes difficulties. (FORMAL)
The surveyor's report didn't highlight anything untoward...
Tampering with a single enzyme can lead to untoward effects elsewhere.
ADJ: pron-indef ADJ, ADJ n
Examples of use of untoward
1. To be sure, democracy can produce untoward and unintended consequences.
2. I wouldnt have suspected anything untoward about him.
3. The strike was peaceful and no untoward incident is reported.
4. The drugs firm denies anything untoward has happened.
5. But Miss Owen insists they will find nothing untoward.