inauspicious

英 [ɪnɔː'spɪʃəs] 美[,ɪnɔ'spɪʃəs]

• adj. 不祥的；不吉的，恶运的

1. not auspicious; boding ill

2. contrary to your interests or welfare;

"adverse circumstances"

"made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"

3. presaging ill-fortune;

"ill omens"

"ill predictions"

"my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley

"a dead and ominous silence prevailed"

"a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"