unfavourable
Britishadjective
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Unfavourable weather usually becomes a major problem for retailers as they place orders and ship items for important seasons far in advance to ensure enough products are on shelves to meet customer demand.
From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2023
Unfavourable weather led to three postponements in a week last month.
From Reuters • Sep. 7, 2023
Unfavourable headlines and gossip continued over the following months.
From BBC • May 20, 2023
Unfavourable comparisons have been made with the victory party of Nicolas Sarkozy, who celebrated his 2007 presidential win in the chic Parisian restaurant Fouquet’s, which cemented his reputation as a “bling-bling” president.
From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2017
Unfavourable as his prospects were, his good star had not yet set.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 by Various
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