inauspiciousadjective
uk/ˌɪn.ɔːˈspɪʃ.əs/us/ˌɪn.ɑːˈspɪʃ.əs/formalshowing signs that something will not be successful or positive:
After an inauspicious start, Scotland went on to win the match.
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Unsuccessful (people and things)
- abortive
- achiever
- barren
- be dead in the water idiom
- botched
- counterproductive
- flatline
- frustrated
- futile
- go/get/head nowhere idiom
- lame duck
- no-win
- small-time
- stillborn
- struggling
- the doldrums
- unavailing
- unglued
- unpromising
- washed up
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inauspiciously
adverb uk/ˌɪn.ɔːˈspɪʃ.əs.li/us/ˌɪn.ɑːˈspɪʃ.əs.li/