disfavor

American  

[dis-fey-ver] / dɪsˈfeɪ vər /

especially British, disfavour

noun

1. unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike.

   The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.

2. the state of being regarded unfavorably; disrepute.

   The fashions of one year are in disfavor the next.

3. a disadvantageous or detrimental act; disservice.

   The pianist did himself a disfavor in trying to sing.

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verb (used with object)

1. to regard or treat with disfavor.

Other Word Forms

• disfavorer noun

Etymology

Origin of disfavor

First recorded in 1525–35; dis- ¹ + favor

Example Sentences

Its legal defeat this week is even bigger news, because it’s a blow to a condominium on the right and left that wants to use antitrust law to punish politically disfavored businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal

ESG proposals, by contrast, focus on such progressive political priorities as gender or racial preferences, climate change, or divesting from industries that are disfavored by the political left, such as fossil fuels, plastics or guns.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Utah on Monday, a judge rejected the state’s all-GOP map, stating that it “unduly favors Republicans and disfavors Democrats” and ruling that the state constitution requires an alternate proposal that creates a Democratic-leaning district.

From Salon

But Buckley did give conservatives permission to consider as madness the Birchers’ tendency to see anything they disfavored as a communist plot.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the compact explicitly forbids schools from disfavoring students based on “gender identity,” promoting neutrality toward gender identification outside of women’s spaces.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• disapprobation
• disapproval
• dislike
• displeasure
• dissatisfaction