See untoward on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC:",
"text": "But as soon as her son espied her, bowl in hand, he thought that haply something untoward had befallen her, but he would not ask of aught until such time as she had set down the bowl, when she acquainted him with that which had occurred[…]",
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "anbarenpast",
"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
"word": "անբարենպաստ"
},
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"word": "ձախորդ"
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"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
"word": "դժբախտ"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
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"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
"word": "désavantageux"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
"word": "nocif"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
"word": "ungünstig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
"word": "schädlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
"word": "unvorteilhaft"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
"word": "avverso"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
"word": "uønsket"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
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"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
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"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
"word": "نامساعد"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "farirun",
"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
"word": "فریرون"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
"word": "adverso"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
"word": "desvantajoso"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
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"sense": "unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous",
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"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
"word": "անհնազանդ"
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{
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"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
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"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
"word": "麻煩的"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
"word": "麻烦的"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
"word": "棘手的"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
"word": "難以控制的"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
"word": "难以控制的"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
"word": "besværlig"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
"word": "vanskelig"
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
"word": "anstrengende"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
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},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
"word": "vervelend"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
"word": "irrégulier"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
"word": "ennuyeux"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
"word": "problematisch"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
"word": "schwierig"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
"word": "ärgerlich"
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{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "aniṣṭa",
"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
"word": "अनिष्ट"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
"word": "besværlig"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
"word": "vanskelig"
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{
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"sense": "unruly, troublesome",
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"roman": "anvayelučʻ",
"sense": "unseemly, improper",
"word": "անվայելուչ"
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"sense": "unseemly, improper",
"word": "անպատշաճ"
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{
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "anvayel",
"sense": "unseemly, improper",
"word": "անվայել"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nepodhodjašt",
"sense": "unseemly, improper",
"word": "неподходящ"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neudačen",
"sense": "unseemly, improper",
"word": "неудачен"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "unseemly, improper",
"word": "upassende"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "unseemly, improper",
"word": "ufin"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unseemly, improper",
"word": "onbetamelijkonwelvoeglijk"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unseemly, improper",
"word": "inopportun"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unseemly, improper",
"word": "déplacé"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unseemly, improper",
"word": "ungünstig"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unseemly, improper",
"word": "unangebracht"
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{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "aniṣṭa",
"sense": "unseemly, improper",
"word": "अनिष्ट"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "unseemly, improper",
"word": "upassende"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "unseemly, improper",
"word": "ufin"
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "unseemly, improper",
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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"word": "impròpri"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unseemly, improper",
"word": "inadequado"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unseemly, improper",
"word": "indecoroso"
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "unseemly, improper",
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