impropitious

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/ɪmpɹəˈpɪʃəs/

adjective

Not propitious; unfavourable.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectiveimpropitious (comparative more impropitious, superlative most impropitious)

comparative more impropitious · superlative most impropitious

  1. archaicNot propitious; unfavourable.

    Dreams were impropitious.

    1638, Henry Wotton, letter to Mr. John Dinely

Origin

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APA

impropitious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impropitious

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impropitious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impropitious.

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