Words similar to untoward

Example sentences for: untoward

How can you use “untoward” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

In Bridgeport, Connecticut, I have seen a Lesbia Street , which arouses all sorts of untoward speculation.
In a WSJ commentary on the TV networks/drug czar flap, John Podhoretz claims that the government's attempt to influence the content of shows is "nothing untoward."
The same applies to untoward: the once-correct pronunciation unTOE\?\erd is dead and might as well be buried.
It has weathered moderate earthquakes with nary a crack or untoward ripple, and looks as fit for the eventual big one as it did 20 years ago.
Because anyone writing a review of any book ought to be required to delineate the reasons for his approval or disapproval of its style and content, so any editor worth his salt should be able to detect in a properly written, professional review of a dictionary by a lexicographer any untoward bias and to reject such a review (or parts of it) out of hand.