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# untoward

«untoward» in Mova's school dictionary: **Unexpected and unlucky; not wanted and causing trouble** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

Unexpected and unlucky; not wanted and causing trouble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untoward/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in older tales, an event that spoils plans or brings bad luck

### examples

- Nothing untoward happened on the journey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untoward/#x1)
- An untoward storm delayed the ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untoward/#x2)
- The hero grieved at the untoward event. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untoward/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «untoward» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/untoward/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.