not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society;
"was buried with indecent haste"
"indecorous behavior"
"language unbecoming to a lady"
"unseemly to use profanity"
"moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"
contrary to your interests or welfare;
"adverse circumstances"
"made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
untoward的用法和样例:
例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
Indeed, anything untoward was now kept from James. 的确,现在一切不顺心的事都小心瞒着詹姆士。
Subconsciously I felt something untoward was going to happen. 我下意识地感到要出事。
He had noticed nothing untoward. 他没有注意到有何特殊情况。
There were no reports of untoward incidents during these protest programmes. 至今还没有发生恶性事件的报道。