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Antonyms for preferredpre·ferred

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  1. preferable, preferredadjective

    more desirable than another

    "coffee is preferable to tea"; "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'"

    Antonyms:
    undesirable, unloved, unwanted

    Synonyms:
    best-loved, pet, preferable, favored, favorite(a), preferent, favourite(a)

  2. favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferentadjective

    preferred above all others and treated with partiality

    "the favored child"

    Antonyms:
    unwanted, undesirable, unloved

How to use preferred in a sentence?

  1. Donald Trump:

    They could have pushed it through two weeks ago and we wouldn't be talking about this right now, which is what I would have preferred.

  2. Jamie Zeitzer:

    It's interesting, and it would definitely take some follow-up to see what that means. Is that depression? Is that anxiety? Are there specific psychological phenomena that are more or less related to chronotype, especially the disparity between your chronotype preferred timing and the actual timing of sleep?

  3. Guy Jarvis:

    A ruling by the PUC of anything other than our preferred route is clearly going to put the timeline for this project in jeopardy.

  4. Paul Manafort:

    Like many companies doing business internationally, my company was paid via wire transfer, typically using clients' preferred financial institutions and instructions.

  5. President Juan Manuel Santos:

    As president I would have preferred that we take these measures sooner, what is at stake is the credibility of the government, but most of all Colombians' confidence in the electrical system.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#3735preferred
#10563unwanted
#21797undesirable
#83427unloved

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