The Collaborative International Dictionary
Untowardness
Untoward \Un*to"ward\, a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]
Froward; perverse. ``Save yourselves from this untoward generation.''
--Acts ii. 40.Awkward; ungraceful. ``Untoward words.''
--Creech. ``Untoward manner.''
--Swift.Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident. [1913 Webster] -- Un*to"ward*ly, adv. -- Un*to"ward*ness, n.
Wiktionary
untowardness
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state or condition of being untoward. 2 (context countable English) Something untoward.
Usage examples of "untowardness".
His hating him was the untowardness for which Strether had been best prepared.