Untowardness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Untoward \Un*to"ward\, a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]
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     1. Froward; perverse. "Save yourselves from this untoward
        generation." --Acts ii. 40.
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     2. Awkward; ungraceful. "Untoward words." --Creech. "Untoward
        manner." --Swift.
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     3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky;
        unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Un*to"ward*ly}, adv. --
        {Un*to"ward*ness}, n.
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