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 headlines and gossip continued over the following months.
From BBC • May 20, 2023
Unfavourable market conditions have caused a number of South Korean firms to scrap or postpone IPOs, including refiner Hyundai Oilbank and Hyundai Engineering.
From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2022
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 winds had detained our ship several days, and all who had taken passage were on the "tiptoe of expectation" for the signal for sailing.
From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 by Ingraham, Joseph Holt
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