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Synonyms for unfavorable
ʌnˈfeɪ vər ə bəlun·fa·vor·able
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Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
unfavorable
Synonyms:
adverse, antagonistic, forbidding, hostile, ill-disposed, inauspicious, repellent, unfriendly, unpropitiousAntonyms:
auspicious, benign, benignant, clement, favorable, friendly, gracious, kind, kindly, merciful, propitious
Princeton's WordNet
unfavorable, unfavourableadjective
not encouraging or approving or pleasing
"unfavorable conditions"; "an unfavorable comparison"; "unfavorable comments", "unfavorable impression"
Synonyms:
unfavourableAntonyms:
favourable, indulgent, approving, approbatory, approbative, favorable, good, plausive, affirmative, following(a)unfavorable, unfavourableadjective
(of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose
"unfavorable winds"
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unfavourableAntonyms:
indulgent, favourable, favorable, affirmative, following(a), approving, approbatory, approbative, plausive, goodunfavorable, unfavourableadjective
not favorable
"made an unfavorable impression"; "unfavorable reviews"
Synonyms:
unfavourableAntonyms:
favourable, affirmative, favorable, following(a), approbative, approving, indulgent, plausive, approbatory, good
Dictionary of English Synonymes
unfavorableadjective
Synonyms:
adverse, contrary, repugnant, injurious, malign, baneful, unpropitious, inauspicious, discouraging
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
unfavorableadjective
Synonyms:
adverse, inimical, unpropitious, inauspicious, malign, derogatory, hostile
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "unfavorable":
unfavourable, adverse, disadvantageous, negative, detrimental, untoward
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2605 | negative | |
#5680 | adverse | |
#12170 | hostile | |
#20371 | detrimental | |
#27323 | unfavorable | |
#28746 | repellent | |
#40140 | unfriendly | |
#42416 | forbidding | |
#49221 | antagonistic | |
#51861 | unfavourable | |
#79668 | untoward | |
#96594 | disadvantageous | |
#137695 | inauspicious |
How to use unfavorable in a sentence?
The incident was the result of unfavorable weather conditions in the area, so there's no need to look for any conspiracy theories here.
We are playing a game of chess and we have to make a certain number of moves before the time is up, we have to make enough moves so that if there is an unfavorable change in the U.S. administration, we will be too far along to turn back.
The power of authority is never more subtle and effective than when it produces a psychological atmosphere or climate favorable to the life of certain modes of belief, unfavorable, and even fatal, to the life of others.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy:
When you look at the poll numbers of Hilary Clinton -- they've dropped. Unfavorable is pretty high because people say they don't trust her, they don't trust her because what they found out about the server and everything else. Would you ever have found that out had you not gathered the information from Benghazi Select Committee? So if we really want to be able to show what this Planned Parenthood has done ... have the select committee get all the information, all the hearings. Win the argument to win the vote.
We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain.
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