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inopportune, unpromising, bleak, inauspicious, bad, unfortunate:
The rainstorm created untoward conditions, causing the river to
rise dangerously. 2 unbecoming, unfitting, awkward,
inappropriate, unapt, unsuitable, improper, impolite, rude,
boorish, ungentlemanly, unladylike, indecorous, indelicate,
unwarranted, uncalled-for, unrefined, unseemly, unwise,
imprudent, undiplomatic, tactless, untactful, ill-conceived,
silly, foolish, stupid, ill-timed, vexatious, vexing,
irritating, annoying: Charles made some untoward remark about
the size of Sandra's feet.
untried adj. untested, unproved or unproven, new: He may be good at
homes, but he is as yet untried as the designer of a library.
untrue adj. 1 unfaithful, faithless, disloyal, fickle, capricious,
undependable, unreliable, dishonourable, untrustworthy, false,
hypocritical, dishonest, insincere, two-faced, duplicitous,
devious, deceitful, treacherous, perfidious: Only when I saw
her with Henry did I realize that Pauline had been untrue to me.
2 wrong, false, inaccurate, incorrect, erroneous, misleading,
mistaken, distorted: What you said about Pauline was simply
untrue. 3 inexact, non-standard, substandard, imprecise,
imperfect: How unfortunate for legend had William Tell's aim
been untrue!
unused adj. 1 (brand) new, untouched, pristine, original, intact,
fresh, firsthand: He sold me his unused computer for half what
it cost. 2 disused, abandoned, derelict, neglected, given up:
We hid in an old unused factory building. 3 unconsumed,
leftover, remaining, left: If dissatisfied with this product,
return the unused portion for a full refund. 4 unused to.
unaccustomed to, unfamiliar with, inexperienced in or at,
amateurish at, unpractised in or at, uninitiated in: I am quite
unused to doing that sort of thing.
unusual adj. uncommon, exceptional, atypical, untypical, different,
unexpected, singular, out of the ordinary, extraordinary, odd,
peculiar, curious, bizarre, strange, queer, remarkable, unique,
freakish, unprecedented, unconventional, unorthodox, Slang
off-the-wall: It takes an unusual person to be as charitable as
Jean. Don't you agree that an egg-laying mammal is a bit
unusual?