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unfavourable

British  
/ ʌnˈfeɪvərəbəl, -ˈfeɪvrə- /

adjective

  1. not favourable; adverse or inauspicious

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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And Zuckerberg is unpopular: last year, a Pew Research Center poll found that two-thirds of Americans had an unfavourable opinion of him.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Excess levels of phosphates led the Somerset Levels and Moors to be officially designated as having "unfavourable declining" status in 2021.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

It's protected by conservation law, but the status of the river has been downgraded to "unfavourable - declining" by Natural England.

From BBC ● May 24, 2026

A Pew Research Center survey conducted in March showed that roughly 60 percent of US adults now hold an unfavourable view of Israel.

From Barron's ● May 16, 2026

Winter- green would spread the unfavourable report along through Twenty-seventh Air Force Headquarters.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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