inauspicious
adj/ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs/
Etymology From in- + auspicious.
1
Not auspicious; ill-omened.
- And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
- Inauspicious love.1685, John Dryden, The Despairing Lover:
2 more examples
- 1788, John Jay, as Publius, The Federalist, II 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.
- Class 745/1s suffered an inauspicious entry into traffic on the Stansted Express route on July 28, when the two units supplied (745103/106) both failed, as did a train sent to cover them (745108).2020 August 12, “Network News: Triple failure of Class 745s on first day of Stansted services”, in Rail, page 17:
- Derived terms
- inauspiciously, inauspiciousness