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Meanings of very unpropitious in English

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Usage of very unpropitious in English
1
Elfride began to cry at this very unpropitious aspect of affairs.
A Pair of Blue Eyes
2
He was a struggling man, beset by poverty and other circumstances very unpropitious to mental work.
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
3
Then came the suggestion, This is a very unpropitious time to settle a matter of this importance.
Thirty Years in the Itinerancy
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A negro came, of a very unpropitious aspect, and, opening the door, looked at me in silence.
Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
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The weather, too, was very unpropitious for the trial, notwithstanding which a very large number of gentlemen were present.
Obed Hussey, Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap
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This period is very unpropitious for some girls, who suddenly shoot up, become ugly, sallow and frail, like plants before their due season.
The Fortune of the Rougons
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"Are the Fates very unpropitious?"
Ruth Arnold / or, the Country Cousin
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