Inauspicious

Full definition of inauspicious

Adjective

1. Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.
• 1595: And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars. — William Shakespeare, .
• Inauspicious love. — John Dryden.
• 1788: It is not to be wondered at that a government instituted in times so inauspicious, should on experiment be found greatly deficient and inadequate to the purpose it was intended to answer. — Publius, .

Antonyms

• auspicious

Derived terms

• inauspiciously
• inauspiciousness