English Dictionary

untoward

/ˌʌn.tʊˈwɔːd/

adj

Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous. / Unruly, troublesome; not easily guided. / Unseemly, improper.

His untoward behavior at the party made everyone uncomfortable.

意味（1）

Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.

But as soon as her son espied her, bowl in hand, he thought that haply something untoward had befallen her, but he would not ask of aught until such time as she had set down the bowl, when she acquainted him with that which had occurred[…]

意味（2）

Unruly, troublesome; not easily guided.

意味（3）

Unseemly, improper.

She could hardly have made a more untoward choice.