untowardness

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It was probably that untowardness in his outward appearance, which never afterwards left him, that made his schoolfellows consider him a dull boy, fit only to be the butt of their ridicule.

From Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives by Cary, Henry Francis

So was it—would at least have been But through untowardness of fate; For polity was then too strong:    He came an age too late.

From Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by Shairp, John Campbell

It is most agreeable to be told, by a writer very eminent both for wisdom and for culture, that our untowardness was a hopeful sign.

From The Intellectual Life by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert

I would that had been sent that would mend thy untowardness and bring thy temper to a comelier mould.

From Mistress Penwick by Payne, Dutton

She launched with zest upon the somewhat unoriginal thesis, and Cally relapsed into her own thoughts, which were full of rebellion at the bitter untowardness of her fate....

From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor