| Not because they drink water, but because the state of mind which makes them dread alcohol is unpropitious to the hatching of any generous idea. |
| For several centuries Southwark remained rural, partly because it was low lying and unpropitious for building. |
| Despite the unpropitious conditions, market share and net banking income in Financial Services held firm amid expense discipline. |
| Leigh Fermor lived to the full a charmed life packed with incident and adventure, despite its unpropitious beginnings. |
| The situation at the main British landing site at Helles, where the landings had begun at dawn, was equally unpropitious. |
| No one looks forward to the prospect of internecine warfare at so unpropitious a political moment. |
