unfavourable
/ʌnˈfeɪv(ə)rəb(ə)l
/(US unfavorable)
adjective
1Expressing or showing a lack of approval or support: single mothers are often the target of unfavourable press attention...
- The media coverage of the two visits was noteworthy for its lack of any unfavourable commentary on the government's foreign policy.
- However most of the reviews she got in the Sydney and Melbourne press were unfavourable.
- Sydenham's basic premise is that historians have either neglected this revolutionary, or given him a rather unfavourable press.
Synonyms
adverse, critical, hostile, inimical, unfriendly, antagonistic, unsympathetic, negative;
opposing, ill-disposed, contrary, discouraging, disapproving, uncomplimentary, unflattering, damaging, injurious, poor, low, bad, antipathetic
2Likely to lead to an adverse outcome: unfavourable economic conditions...
- The paper argued that a venture capitalist with highly volatile status was more likely to have an unfavorable economic outcome.
- The unfavorable economic conditions at home contributed to this year's falling exports, Irwandy said.
- Her achievement was more impressive given the unfavourable prevailing economic conditions.
Synonyms
disadvantageous, adverse, inauspicious, unpropitious, unfortunate, unlucky, unhappy, detrimental, bad, gloomy;
unsuitable, inappropriate, inconvenient, inopportune, inapt
Derivatives
unfavourableness
- He exemplifies the perfect man through his proper conduct regardless of the unfavorableness of circumstance.
- Also, this can restrict the unfavorableness that noise is superposed on the wiring.
- Appearances are not a valid means of assessing someone's youth, whose favorableness or unfavorableness is a subjective, not objective, matter.