not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
<adj.all> 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
<adj.all> adverse circumstances made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions
3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident. ※ -- {Un*to"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Un*to"ward*ness}, n.
"I want to protect myself from any untoward event that may happen."
Perhaps I should think twice before saying anything untoward about BP. When a woman in a position of power starts making unpopular dec-isions the chances are that someone will unfairly accuse her of sleeping her way to the top.
No question, proof of anything untoward has always been elusive.
But then the consequences are very often unintended and untoward when nations and industries get together to try to divide up markets.
But rather from historians who either have ignored or attacked the business community, aided by "untoward events of recent times" such as the Great Depression, the creation of the military-industrial complex, and the character of American imperialism.
The spokesman, speaking anonymously in keeping with British custom, said there was "nothing untoward" in weather conditions.
The findings may spur research into drugs that blunt the genes' untoward behavior.