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unfavourable US, unfavorable [ʌnˈfeɪvərəbəl -ˈfeɪvrə-] adj
not favourable; adverse or inauspicious unfavourableness US, unfavorableness n unfavourably US, unfavorably adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
unfavourable adjective 1. adverse, bad, unfortunate, disadvantageous, threatening, contrary, unlucky, ominous, untimely, untoward, unpromising, unsuited, inauspicious, ill-suited, inopportune, unseasonable, unpropitious, infelicitous Unfavourable economic conditions were blocking a recovery. 2. hostile, negative, unfriendly, inimical First reactions have been distinctly unfavourable. hostile warm, positive, friendly, approving, favourable, amicable, well-disposed Translations unfavourable unfavorable (US) [ˈʌnˈfeɪvərəbl] ADJ 1. (= adverse) [situation] → adverso; [conditions] → poco propicio, desfavorable; [outlook, weather] → poco propicio; [wind] → desfavorable to be unfavourable for sth → ser poco propicio para algo, no ser propicio para algo to be unfavourable to sb → no favorecer a algn, ser desfavorable para algn unfavourable [ˌʌnˈfeɪvərəbəl] (British) unfavorable (US) adj (= poor) [conditions, circumstances, weather, exchange rate] → défavorable to be unfavourable to sb [terms, conditions] → être défavorable à qn an unfavourable impression → une impression défavorable (= hostile) [reaction, response, comment] → défavorable an unfavourable comparison → une comparaison défavorable unfavourable, (US) unfavorable adj outlook, weather, moment, result → ungünstig; conditions, circumstances also, wind → widrig; opinion, reaction → negativ; reply → ablehnend, negativ; trade balance → passiv; conditions unfavourable to or for trade → ungünstige Handelsbedingungen pl; on unfavourable terms → zu ungünstigen Bedingungen; to be unfavourable to somebody → ungünstig für jdn sein; to draw or make unfavourable comparisons → nachteilige Vergleiche ziehen; to show somebody/something in an unfavourable light → jdn/etw in einem ungünstigen Licht darstellen unfavourable unfavorable (Am) [ʌnˈfeɪv/ərəbl] adj (circumstances, climate) → sfavorevole; (report, impression) → negativo/a unfavourable unfavorable (Am) [ʌnˈfeɪv/ərəbl] adj (circumstances, climate) → sfavorevole; (report, impression) → negativo/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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My having prevented it may perhaps have given his wife an unfavourable impression, but where there is a disposition to dislike, a motive will never be wanting; and as to money matters it has not withheld him from being very useful to me. On Trafalgar Day the weather was not so much unfavourable as extremely dangerous. I have known very unfavourable symptoms in the morning change to favourable ones at noon, and return to unfavourable again at night. |
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