inauspicious

adj.
Not favorable; not auspicious.

inauspiciously in'aus·pi'cious·ly adv.
inauspiciousness in'aus·pi'cious·ness n.

adjective

Bringing, predicting, or characterized by misfortune: bad, evil, ill, unfavorable, unpropitious. See luck/misfortune/chance.

adj

Definition: ominous, unpromising
Antonyms: auspicious, favorable, fortunate, lucky, promising

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

adv.

In an unpromising manner, the auspices being unfavorable. Among the Romans it was customary before undertaking any important action or enterprise to obtain from the augurs, or state prophets, some hint of its probable outcome; and one of their favorite and most trustworthy modes of divination consisted in observing the flight of birds -- the omens thence derived being called auspices. Newspaper reporters and certain miscreant lexicographers have decided that the word -- always in the plural -- shall mean "patronage" or "management"; as, "The festivities were under the auspices of the Ancient and Honorable Order of Body-Snatchers"; or, "The hilarities were auspicated by the Knights of Hunger."

    A Roman slave appeared one day
    Before the Augur.  "Tell me, pray,
    If --" here the Augur, smiling, made
    A checking gesture and displayed
    His open palm, which plainly itched,
    For visibly its surface twitched.
    A denarius (the Latin nickel)
    Successfully allayed the tickle,
    And then the slave proceeded:  "Please
    Inform me whether Fate decrees
    Success or failure in what I
    To-night (if it be dark) shall try.
    Its nature?  Never mind -- I think
    'Tis writ on this" -- and with a wink
    Which darkened half the earth, he drew
    Another denarius to view,
    Its shining face attentive scanned,
    Then slipped it into the good man's hand,
    Who with great gravity said:  "Wait
    While I retire to question Fate."
    That holy person then withdrew
    His scared clay and, passing through
    The temple's rearward gate, cried "Shoo!"
    Waving his robe of office.  Straight
    Each sacred peacock and its mate
    (Maintained for Juno's favor) fled
    With clamor from the trees o'erhead,
    Where they were perching for the night.
    The temple's roof received their flight,
    For thither they would always go,
    When danger threatened them below.
    Back to the slave the Augur went:
    "My son, forecasting the event
    By flight of birds, I must confess
    The auspices deny success."
    That slave retired, a sadder man,
    Abandoning his secret plan --
    Which was (as well the craft seer
    Had from the first divined) to clear
    The wall and fraudulently seize
    On Juno's poultry in the trees.
                                                                  G.J.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uheldig, ugunstig, ildevarslende

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongunstig, ongelukkig

Français (French)
adj. - de mauvais augure, malheureux, malencontreux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unheilvoll, unglücklich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δυσοίωνος

Italiano (Italian)
malaugurato, infausto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - desfavorável

Русский (Russian)
зловещий, неблагоприятный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - poco propicio, desfavorable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - olycksbådande, ogynnsam, olycklig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不吉的, 恶运的, 凶兆的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不吉的, 惡運的, 凶兆的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 불길한, 재수없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 不吉な, 不運な, 不幸な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مشؤوم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מבשר רע, ביש מזל‬

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