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untoward adjective [ ʌntəˈwɔːd ]

• unexpected and inappropriate or inconvenient.
• "both tried to behave as if nothing untoward had happened"
Similar: unexpected, unanticipated, unforeseen, unpredictable, unpredicted, surprising, unusual, inopportune, untimely, ill-timed, badly timed, mistimed, inconvenient, awkward, unwelcome, unfavourable, adverse, unfortunate, infelicitous, inappropriate, unsuitable, inapt, malapropos, unseasonable,
Opposite: expected, timely, appropriate,


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