inauspicious
Definitions
Not conducive to success; unpromising.
Suggesting that future success is unlikely; ill-omened.
Examples
The team made an inauspicious start to the season, losing their first three games by wide margins.
The dark clouds gathering on the horizon were an inauspicious sign for our outdoor wedding ceremony.
He felt that the sudden silence in the room was an inauspicious beginning to the important negotiations.
Synonyms
unfavorable ominous unpromising portentous adverse unlucky baleful
Antonyms
auspicious favorable promising propitious encouraging hopeful lucky