Meaning & use
unpropitious
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Not favorable or auspicious for a particular purpose.
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The weather was unpropitious for sailing, so the crew stayed in port.
It was an unpropitious start to the negotiations, with both sides refusing to speak.
A note on using this word
Derived from Latin 'propitius' (favorable); a formal, somewhat literary word rarely used in casual speech.
Words with a similar meaning
inauspiciousunfavorable
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