unfavourable meaning
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unfavourable (adjective): not encouraging or approving or pleasing.
Spelling: unfavourable (British) · unfavorable (American)
unfavourable has 3 meanings in this dictionary.
unfavourable as an adjective
- not encouraging or approving or pleasing
- unfavorable conditions
- an unfavorable comparison
- unfavorable comments
- unfavorable impression
Synonyms: unfavorable
Similar: admonitory, adverse, disapproving, discriminatory
Related forms: unfavourableness
- (of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose
- unfavorable winds
Synonyms: unfavorable
Similar: adverse
Related forms: unfavourableness
- 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
Synonyms: disadvantageous, unfavorable
Similar: minus
Related forms: unfavourableness
Scrabble score: 20 (letter breakdown)
Word lists: words starting with UN · words ending in LE · 12-letter words
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