Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality or state of being unpropitious; unfavorableness; inauspiciousness.
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- noun The quality of being
unpropitious .
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- noun the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result
Etymologies
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Examples
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He witnessed also the disgrace of his bow Gandiva and the unpropitiousness of his celestial weapons.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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He witnessed also the disgrace of his bow Gandiva and the unpropitiousness of his celestial weapons.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Sheridan the unpropitiousness of the season, particularly for a first experiment in authorship, and advised the postponement of the publication till October.
Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 Thomas Moore 1815
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