Un‐to″ward (?), a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]
1. Froward; perverse. “Save yourselves from this untoward generation.” Acts ii. 40.
2. Awkward; ungraceful. “Untoward words.” Creech. “Untoward manner.” Swift.
3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.
— Un‐to″ward‐ly, adv. — Un‐to″ward‐ness, n.