inauspicious

== English == === Etymology === From in- +‎ auspicious. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs/ === Adjective === inauspicious (comparative more inauspicious, superlative most inauspicious) Not auspicious; ill-omened. Synonyms: foreboding, portentous; see also Thesaurus:ominous Antonyms: auspicial, auspicious, unauspicious; see also Thesaurus:ominous 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “inauspicious”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.