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inauspicious::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | unfortunate |
| Derivation | inauspiciousness |
Examples of inauspicious
inauspicious
Yes it's had an inauspicious start but the games that are coming all look great.
From the metro.co.uk
The remark got Shultz's latest Middle East mission off to an inauspicious start.
From the time.com
It was inauspicious, as he threw three interceptions in a 30-10 loss to Houston.
From the stltoday.com
It is an inauspicious prelude to the observance of World Refugee Day on Sunday.
From the us.cnn.com
However, the UFC still faced a huge PR hangover from its inauspicious beginnings.
From the nzherald.co.nz
August tends to be an inauspicious month for elevated debate in American politics.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Israel sees the political and military landscape in a very inauspicious light.
From the online.wsj.com
A little over 100 years ago, the effort to get organized had an inauspicious start.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Just think, this might be the inauspicious beginning of a new line in history parks.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Not auspicious; boding ill
- Adverse: contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
- Ill: 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"
- (inauspiciously) in an inauspicious manner; "he started his new job inauspiciously on Friday the 13th"
- (inauspiciousness) the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result
- An auspice (Latin: auspicium from auspex, is literally "one who looks at birds", a diviner who reads omens from the observed flight of birds. ...
- A term frequently, sometimes over-used in Feng Shui to denote unfavourable, undesirable, harmful influences and/or unsuccessful results.
- Meaning unlucky, undesirable or harmful energies.
