This would in any case be preferable than facing any of one's inauspicious directions.
Unpromising is the main meaning of the word inauspicious. A good sentence to use for this word is, it was an inauspicious beginning to the movie.
The man could tell his day was going to be inauspicious because of how it started. This word means unpromising.
The attitude of the first respondent to your question was a really inauspicious start to you quest for help here.
So we both came from inauspicious beginnings; how nice!
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"Finding an ant in the potato salad was an inauspicious beginning to the picnic." As in, considering how this picnic's beginning, it doesn't seem like it's going to go very well.
inauspicious
inauspicious and propitious
an inauspicious event
an inauspicious event
an inauspicious event
There are a few: afflicted, disastrous, dismal, distressed, drear, evil, inauspicious, miserable, painful, unfortunate, wretched etc...