favored
Americanadjective
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regarded or treated with preference or partiality.
Her beauty made her the favored child.
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enjoying special advantages; privileged.
to be born into the favored classes.
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of specified appearance (usually used in combination).
ill-favored.
Other Word Forms
- favoredly adverb
- favoredness noun
- nonfavored adjective
- unfavored adjective
Etymology
Origin of favored
First recorded in 1350–1400, favored is from the Middle English word favo(u)red. See favor, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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The central bank’s favored measure of inflation, the personal-consumption expenditures index, is running at a 3% annual rate.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
Unless he can carry the Lakers past the heavily favored Rockets in a best-of-seven series that starts Saturday at Crypto.com Arena.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Brunello Cucinelli BC 0.74%increase; green up pointing triangle , the quiet-luxury brand favored by tech billionaires, had been hit by the sour mood across the sector.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
The findings showed that mice strongly favored carbohydrate-rich foods and stopped eating their standard chow altogether.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
Burnham and Root clearly favored one location in particular: Jackson Park, on Chicago’s South Side, due east of Englewood on the lakeshore.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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