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Untoward

Untoward meaning

Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous. | Unruly, troublesome; not easily guided. | Unseemly, improper.

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According to Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office here (PRO-7), they recorded no untoward incidents arising from the rallies.

A large number of police personnel were present at the venue to prevent untoward incidents.

Chief Minister on Wednesday said that there is heavy rain in the state and all the entire government machinery has been instructed to be ready to avoid any untoward incident.

Elaborate security arrangements have been made across the State, especially in and around the counting centres, to avoid any untoward incidents, official sources said.

He couldn't see anything untoward so went back to his Brackendale Drive home - but decided to keep watch in case he returned, which he did.

He lamented that the reason for the sudden movement was not yet clear, warned that should anything untoward happen to Chief Nweke, the Nigeria Correctional Service would be held responsible.

In mitigation for Carr, Toby Hedworth KC said she was "blinded to what was going on" by Daymond and the "reassurance he was giving her that nothing was untoward".

It said no untoward incident was reported through the day during immersion.

It was also decided that in order to resolve this issue another peace meeting will be held at the earliest and till such time both the community will maintain peace and will not take any untoward action against each other.

MP for Fareham has insisted that there was “confident that nothing untoward happened” in the handling of the offence and said she regrets breaking the speed limit.

Not that we shouldn’t call out Musk for untoward speech and behavior.

Police Scotland also issued an appeal to Havelock Hotel customers, who were there in the days leading up to Alistair's murder, to come forward, particularly if they had heard anything untoward.

Security personnel were deployed in the area to prevent any untoward incident, they said.

The Command therefore enjoined citizens to be security-conscious, vigilant and report any untoward incident observed in their locality to the nearest police station.

The famous Sakkarbaug Zoo, among the oldest zoos of the country, also faced the fury of the floods but no untoward incident involving captive animals there was reported, said officers.

The officials said the drills were part of a security plan to make sure the event passes off without any untoward incident.

This is not to say that there was no untoward incident in isolated areas.

With the recent revelations of untoward conduct by elected officials, serious discussions have begun within Belize’s Parliament to establish a code of ethics for members of the National Assembly.

Also, there is a proposal for installing a panic button system, which will alert the officials about any untoward incident in a quick time,тАЭ Gupta said.

A police unit has been deployed to prevent any untoward incident.