Definitions for inauspicious
ˌɪn ɔˈspɪʃ əsin·aus·pi·cious

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inauspicious, unfortunateadjective

   not auspicious; boding ill

2. adverse, inauspicious, untowardadjective

   contrary to your interests or welfare

   "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"

3. ill, inauspicious, ominousadjective

   presaging ill fortune

   "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inauspiciousadjective

   Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Inauspiciousadjective

   Ill-omened; unlucky; unfortunate.

   Etymology: in and auspicious.

   Oh here
   I will set up my everlasting rest;
   And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars
   From this world-wearied flesh. William Shakespeare, Rom. and Juliet.

   Though heaven's inauspicious eye
   Lay black on love's nativity,
   Her eye a strong appeal can give;
   Beauty, smiles, and love shall live. Richard Crashaw.

   The stars feel not the diseases their inauspicious influence produces. Boyle.

   With inauspicious love a wretched swain
   Pursu'd the fairest nymph of all the plain;
   She plung'd him hopeless in a deep despair. Dryden.

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1. inauspicious

   Inauspicious refers to something that is not conducive to success or prosperity; suggesting that future success is unlikely. It can describe an event, circumstance, or sign that is considered unlucky or unfavorable.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Inauspiciousadjective

   not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Inauspicious

   in-aw-spish′us, adj. not auspicious: ill-omened: unlucky.—adv. Inauspic′iously.—n. Inauspic′iousness.

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How to pronounce inauspicious?

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How to say inauspicious in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of inauspicious in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of inauspicious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of inauspicious in a Sentence

1. Connor Campbell:

   Markets kicked off June in an inauspicious style this morning, china set the tone...the country's continually limp manufacturing...an unwanted reminder of the global weaknesses circling the market like vultures.

2. George Washington:

   Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.

3. Mustafa Amin:

   There was an important reason why we decided to go through with our wedding which is that we had equipped and furnished our apartment completely, and perhaps it could have been inauspicious to postpone the celebration since we don't know when the crisis will end.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=inauspicious
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Inauspicious
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=inauspicious
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inauspicious
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=inauspicious
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=inauspicious