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INAUSPICIOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inauspiciousness mean?
• INAUSPICIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun INAUSPICIOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result
Familiarity information: INAUSPICIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
inauspiciousness; unpropitiousness
Hypernyms ("inauspiciousness" is a kind of...):
unfavorableness; unfavourableness (the quality of not being encouraging or indicative of success)
Antonym:
auspiciousness (the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result)
Derivation:
inauspicious (not auspicious; boding ill)
inauspicious (presaging ill fortune)
inauspicious (contrary to your interests or welfare)
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