improsperous

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ prosperous.

Adjective

improsperous (comparative more improsperous, superlative most improsperous)

1. (obsolete) not prosperous
   • 1697, John Dryden, transl., Aeneid, book VI:

     Seven revolving years are wholly run, Since the improsperous voyage we begun.

Derived terms

• improsperously
• improsperousness

 

References

• “improsperous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.