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
At that time in 2020, the Nighthawks were amid an inauspicious football genesis.
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
Potter, who was promoted in the offseason, had an inauspicious start to the 2025 campaign, a 34-7 season-opening loss to South Florida.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 16 Sep. 2025
Netflix made its inauspicious debut in the TV Movie category in 2016 with a nomination for A Very Murray Christmas.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
So Kansas’ 22-8 victory that day made for an inauspicious debut for what would emerge as the oldest and longest-running football rivalry west of the Mississippi.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inauspicious
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Episodes are bound together by banal introductory voiceover, in which our narrator recites ominous clichés that, like everything in His & Hers, border on parody.—
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More ominous still is the thought of the FanDuel mentality extending into other areas of American life.—
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Smallwood, less innately sinister as a performer, turns the part into a slow burn.—
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If Park’s film begins as another lament for our layoff-laden modern world, the South Korean director soon introduces a sinister twist.—
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If the sky becomes menacing and thunder becomes audible, seek out a safe place to seek shelter.—
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Look to the upper region of the lunar crescent to find the menacing form of the Aristotles crater with its eastern rim bathed in impenetrable shadow.—
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“Inauspicious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inauspicious. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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