Explore Untoward through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like indecent or unfavorable. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Untoward in a sentence
Untoward meaning
- Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.
- Unruly, troublesome; not easily guided.
- Unseemly, improper.
Synonyms of Untoward
Using Untoward
- The main meaning on this page is: Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous. | Unruly, troublesome; not easily guided. | Unseemly, improper.
- Useful related words include: indecent, unfavorable, inauspicious, harmful.
- In the example corpus, untoward often appears in combinations such as: untoward incident, any untoward, nothing untoward.
Context around Untoward
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Untoward
- In this selection, "untoward" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, anything, prevent, nothing, incident, incidents and happen stand out and add context to how "untoward" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about any untoward incident in and avoid any untoward incident. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "untoward" sits close to words such as abacha, acetate and adl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with untoward
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A police unit has been deployed to prevent any untoward incident. (11 words)
It said no untoward incident was reported through the day during immersion. (12 words)
Not that we shouldn’t call out Musk for untoward speech and behavior. (13 words)
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. (40 words)
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. (32 words)
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. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
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.
Common combinations with untoward
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: