inauspicious

Definition

Not auspicious; ill-omened.

Etymology

From in- + auspicious.

Example Sentences

• "And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars."
• "Inauspicious love."
• "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."