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Unlucky drawn out formation (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

untoward

'unlucky' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'drawn out formation' is the wordplay.
'formation' indicates an anagram.
'drawn'+'out'='drawnout'
'drawnout' anagrammed gives 'UNTOWARD'.

(Other definitions for untoward that I've seen before include "Adverse - inconvenient" , "Drawn out to be inconvenient or awkward" , "Unexpected, undesirable" , "Unfortunate or adverse" , "vexing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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