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untoward

[uhn-tawrd, -tohrd] / ʌnˈtɔrd, -ˈtoʊrd /




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A police patrol investigated but found nothing untoward.

From BBC

“I just know,” she insists, “something untoward has happened.”

From The Wall Street Journal

His mum had checked his PC on several occasions and seen nothing untoward.

From BBC

There isn’t necessarily anything untoward about these arrangements.

From The Wall Street Journal

That a single internal error could introduce an unbacked $300 trillion into the crypto ecosystem, even if briefly and with no untoward effects, makes clear that not all of crypto benefits from decentralization.

From Barron's