favored

[fey-verd]

adjective

1. regarded or treated with preference or partiality.

   Her beauty made her the favored child.

2. enjoying special advantages; privileged.

   to be born into the favored classes.

3. of specified appearance (usually used in combination).

   ill-favored.

Other Word Forms

• favoredly adverb
• favoredness noun
• nonfavored adjective
• unfavored adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of favored¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, favored is from the Middle English word favo(u)red. See favor, -ed ²

Example Sentences

That shift added to pressure on markets, which have been turned upside down this month by investors’ rush out of this year’s hottest stocks into less favored sectors.

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Investors cycling in and out of tech favored other sectors such as pharma as the Nasdaq slipped following Monday’s run up.

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The trick was finding them before others did—finding, for example, that both Moody’s and S&P favored floating-rate mortgages with low teaser rates over fixed-rate ones.

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But those who did were rewarded with higher returns this year, as the stock market’s sharp recovery once again favored those who stayed the course.

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And even the cheaper seeds favored by beginners have the genetics to produce a 1,000-pounder, said Wallace.

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