as in ominous
being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come
this many problems so early in the project is a most inauspicious sign
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Recent Examples of inauspicious
The ongoing violence in Sinaloa has created an inauspicious start to the beginning of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s term in office.
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Nathaniel Parish Flannery, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
But Carter's exit from the White House after what many critics decried as a largely ineffectual single term marked the beginning of what became the most consequential post-presidency in U.S. history – made even more remarkable by its inauspicious start.
—Mark Updegrove, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Smith was born between Christmas and New Year in 1934, in the inauspicious town of Ilford, Essex, where her father worked in a laboratory and her mother, who was of Scots origin, worked as a secretary.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
Now 29 and intent on putting his subsequent inauspicious spells at Nice in France and Trabzonspor in Turkey behind him, the Ivory Coast international can rekindle his best self with Villarreal in La Liga.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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Nathaniel Parish Flannery, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
But Carter's exit from the White House after what many critics decried as a largely ineffectual single term marked the beginning of what became the most consequential post-presidency in U.S. history – made even more remarkable by its inauspicious start.
—Mark Updegrove, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Smith was born between Christmas and New Year in 1934, in the inauspicious town of Ilford, Essex, where her father worked in a laboratory and her mother, who was of Scots origin, worked as a secretary.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
Now 29 and intent on putting his subsequent inauspicious spells at Nice in France and Trabzonspor in Turkey behind him, the Ivory Coast international can rekindle his best self with Villarreal in La Liga.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inauspicious
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That’s an ominous sign for higher education leaders, who now must prepare to address a slow, continuing slide in high-school seniors, who make up the bulk of their entering students every year.Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Rolling with the sound of Slo-Be Bryant 3, one of the great West Coast tapes of the 2020s, Slo-Be’s steely, ominous murmurs give his sentimental gangster rap the air of sorcery.Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2024
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The film reveals how a young Putin gains control of the various Russian bureaucracies through sinister manipulation, cutting off the internet and other media when necessary.Peter Bart, Deadline, 1 Dec. 2024
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The Fungus Seduces Male Flies To Spread Faster Beyond its ability to manipulate living flies, E. muscae wields another sinister tool in its arsenal: turning the corpses of its victims into irresistible traps for healthy male flies.Scott Travers, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
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Egerton and Bateman are both fantastic in this, and who knew Michael Bluth could be this level of menacing?Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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In the memo obtained by WIRED, DHS displays less confidence in its ability to detect menacing drones.Dell Cameron, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Inauspicious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inauspicious. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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