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unfavorable

 [uhn-fey-ver-uh-buhl]   Origin

un·fa·vor·a·ble

   [uhn-fey-ver-uh-buhl]
adjective
1.
not favorable; contrary; adverse: an unfavorable wind.
2.
not propitious: an unfavorable omen.
3.
unfortunate; undesirable; disadvantageous: an unfavorable development.
Origin:
1540–50; Middle English; see un-1, favorable

Related forms
un·fa·vor·a·ble·ness, noun
un·fa·vor·a·bly, adverb
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unfavourable or unfavorable (ʌnˈfeɪvərəbəl, -ˈfeɪvrə-, ʌnˈfeɪvərəbəl, -ˈfeɪvrə-)
 
—adj
not favourable; adverse or inauspicious
 
unfavorable or unfavorable
 
—adj
 
un'favourableness or unfavorable
 
—n
 
un'favorableness or unfavorable
 
—n
 
un'favourably or unfavorable
 
—adv
 
un'favorably or unfavorable
 
—adv

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unfavorable
1460 (implied in unfavorably), from un- (1) "not" + favor (v.) + -able.
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"We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe that they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain." [Walter Savage Landor, "Imaginary Conversations"]
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