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untoward

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




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Is she doing something untoward with his money?

From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025

“There were times during those days that we did not make it to school due to inclement weather or some other untoward event,” she wrote in a biographical post on the McAdoo Center website.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

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

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

“I hope nothing untoward happens to him this time,” she thought.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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