What is "untoward"

Usage examples of "untoward".

In the examination of cases of the untoward effects of quinin upon the eye, Knapp of New York found the power of sight diminished in various degrees, and rarely amaurosis and immobility of the pupils.

Preliminary skin-tests of the antibody suspension showed no sign of untoward reaction.

Pipina without any untoward happening, the braves departed for their maloca, and the little household, now increased by three, was reestablished.

I must say no more, except to hint a wish, that the apprehensions which first induced me to name it may, unbidden, occur as timely heralds to exertion, should any untoward circumstances point to danger, alarm, or impropriety.

No matter how convivial and responsive strong drink makes individuals, they still remain unreconciled to skeletons who carry on quite as if nothing untoward had occurred.

Nothing untoward was reported or hinted at in the newspapers, and importantly, nothing was ever said or written by John Adams, who, of all men, would have been enraged by any disrespect shown a minister of the United States being presented under his sponsorship.

As they gained ground on the field, the viscount kept Ascot well to the outside of the other horses, an obvious attempt to avoid any untoward incidents.

The men, dressed in civvies, walked the dogs up and down the street in town, creating plenty of interest but no untoward incidents.

Boerhaave, Pare, and Fabricius Hildanus all speak of this untoward effect of venery, and in modern times Poncet has made observations at a hospital in Lyons which prove that during the process of healing wounds are unduly and harmfully influenced by coitus, and cites confirmatory instances.

He had sworn he was a gentleman with no untoward intentions, and she was beginning to believe it.

For at least three minutes did he stand thus, plunged apparently in a gentle reverie, and there we lay in the last extremity of anxiety, expecting every moment that we should be discovered or that some untoward accident would happen.

No matter how convivial and responsive strong drink makes individuals, they still remain unreconciled to skeletons who carry on quite as if nothing untoward had occurred.

After having dislodged the ignorant, obsessing spirits, the psychic faculties of the sensitive could be developed by attracting intelligent spirits, who are always willing to co-operate from the invisible side, and who will protect the instrument against untoward results.

Perhaps I might not remember the exact words of a sentence, but I was at liberty to replace them by other expressions as good, and as I never happened to be at a loss, or to be struck dumb, when I spoke in society, it was not likely that such an untoward accident would befall me before an audience amongst whom I did not know anyone who could intimidate me and cause me suddenly to lose the faculty of reason or of speech.

There was quite a few people around but not one of the good people of Akureyri had any idea that anything untoward had just happened in their line of sight.