Inauspicious (adj)
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Not auspicious, boding ill, not favourable; Unlucky.
First recorded in 1585–95; in- + auspicious
Example sentences
“The change of policy felt very inauspicious”
Every generation seems fascinated by the same unsettling question: what if the world isn’t really run by the people we see? From masked gatherings of the ultra-wealthy to sprawling conspiracies…
Audrey Niffenegger’s global bestselling novel, The Time Traveler’s Wife, is set to get a sequel, publishing this coming autumn. Over a decade after The Time Traveler’s Wife first hit bookshops…
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
