not favourable; adverse or inauspicious
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un•fa•vor•a•ble /ʌnˈfeɪvərəbəl/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- not favorable;
contrary:unfavorable winds. - not predicting good news:unfavorable omens.
- not good:unfavorable reviews of your book.
un•fa•vor•a•ble
(un fā′vər ə bəl),USA pronunciation adj.
un•fa′vor•a•ble•ness, n.
un•fa′vor•a•bly, adv.
- not favorable;
contrary;
adverse:an unfavorable wind. - not propitious:an unfavorable omen.
- unfortunate;
undesirable;
disadvantageous:an unfavorable development.
- 1540–50; Middle English; see un-1, favorable
un•fa′vor•a•bly, adv.
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'unfavorable' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
adverse
- affliction
- animadversion
- appearance
- attack
- bad
- balance of trade
- barbarian
- bearish
- bias
- brickbat
- careful
- casework
- childish
- condemn
- contrarious
- contrary
- critical
- cross
- damage control
- defensive medicine
- destructive
- diapause
- dim
- disadvantage
- disadvantageous
- disapprove
- disaster
- disease
- disfavor
- doom
- fanatic
- fifty-fifty
- formal
- foul
- fulsome
- hardiness
- hotel
- hunker
- ill
- inauspicious
- inimical
- insalubrious
- involve
- joint
- left-handed
- light
- line
- man
- mixed blessing