untoward
adjective/ʌnˈtɔrd/
Frequency rank: #17,188 most common English word
Meaning
unexpected and inappropriate or inconvenient; unfavorable.
Example sentence
The experiment proceeded without untoward incidents, much to the relief of the research team.
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