untoward

adjective

1. unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
2. improper: untoward social behavior.
3. Archaic. froward; perverse.

adjective

1. characterized by misfortune, disaster, or annoyance
2. not auspicious; adverse; unfavourable
3. unseemly or improper
4. out of the ordinary; out of the way
5. archaic refractory; perverse
6. obsolete awkward, ungainly, or uncouth

adj.1520s, “not having inclination” (to or for something), also “difficult to manage, unruly,” from un- (1) “not” + toward.