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. Joan Meek:

   Mother’s own milk is preferred so everything we can do to get that mother’s milk to her baby would be ideal.

2. Bastien Blain:

   For example, they were asked whether they preferred $ 10 now or $ 50 in six months, and those who overtrained were more likely to choose the immediate reward, which is interesting. It could provide a mechanism to explain why some athletes are using drugs to improve their performance.

3. Juan Carlos Relano:

   I would have preferred any combination of parties rather than repeat elections.

4. Michael Cohen:

   I obviously wanted the money in one shot. I would have preferred Justice Department that way but in order to be able to put Justice Department onto the books, Allen Weisselberg made the decision that it should be paid over the 12 months so that it would look like a retainer.

5. Judge William H. Orrick:

   If there was doubt about the scope of the order, the President and Attorney General have erased it with their public comments, the President has called it 'a weapon' to use against jurisdictions that disagree with his preferred policies of immigration enforcement, and his press secretary has reiterated that the President intends to ensure that 'counties and other institutions that remain sanctuary cites don't get federal government funding in compliance with the executive order.'.

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