Adjective: inauspicious ,i,no'spi-shus
- Not auspicious; boding ill
"The project got off to an inauspicious start with multiple delays";
- unfortunate
- Presaging ill fortune
"my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven";
- ill, ominous
- Contrary to your interests or welfare
"inauspicious circumstances";
- adverse, untoward
See also: auspiciousness, propitiousness, unfavorable [US], unfavourable [Brit, Cdn], unpromising, unpropitious
Antonym: auspicious
Encyclopedia: Inauspicious