Words from Books

unpropitious

/ˌənprəˈpiSHəs/
adjective

  1. (of a circumstance) not giving or indicating a good chance of success
  2. unfavorable
She had a thin awkward figure, a sallow skin without colour, dark lank hair, and strong features; — so much for her person; — and not less unpropitious for heroism seemed her mind.

– Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

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