UNFAVORABLE

disadvantageous, unfavorable, unfavourable

(adjective) involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness; “a disadvantageous outcome”; “a well-known study from the 1970’s showed that gender stereotyping placed women in a disadvantageous position”; “made an unfavorable impression”

unfavorable, unfavourable

(adjective) (of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose; “unfavorable winds”

unfavorable, unfavourable

(adjective) not encouraging or approving or pleasing; “unfavorable conditions”; “an unfavorable comparison”; “unfavorable comments”; “unfavorable impression”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

unfavorable (comparative more unfavorable, superlative most unfavorable)

(American spelling) Alternative spelling of unfavourable

Source: Wiktionary


Un*fa"vor*a*ble, a.

Definition: Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging.

– Un*fa"vor*a*ble*ness, n.

– Un*fa"vor*a*bly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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