Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Untoward

Untoward , preposition

[Unto + -ward.]

Toward. [Obsolete] — Gower

Untoward , adjective

[Prefix 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.