unpropitious
adjectiveUnfavorable to success or a good outcome.
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Unfavorable to success or a good outcome.
Continuing without relief or interruption.
Without relief or interruption
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Not held back, controlled, or limited.
Willing to act dishonestly or unfairly without regard for moral principles.
Conduct or appearance that is inappropriate for a particular setting.
Inappropriate or improper in a particular setting.
Causing uneasiness or disturbing confidence and composure.
Simple or lacking refinement, worldly experience, or technical complexity.
Lacking worldly refinement
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Not supported by adequate evidence.
Showing little understanding or concern for another person's feelings or difficulty.
Not justified by sufficient reason or evidence.
Lacking sufficient justification
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Insufficiently alert or cautious about possible difficulty or deception.
Remaining firm and steady without hesitation or change of purpose.
Without realizing it or intending the result.
Firmly refusing to give way or change; also physically inflexible.
Refusing to give way
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Designed or chosen chiefly for practical usefulness.
Usefulness; in economics, the satisfaction or value associated with an outcome or choice.
Practical usefulness
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Repeated wavering between choices or opinions.
Lacking meaningful thought, substance, or ideas.
A lack of clear limits, precise meaning, or definite detail.
To establish that something is sound or supported.
An assessment of the value of something.
Dull, empty, and lacking interest or substance.
With intense feeling or force.
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