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-favoured

adjective

  1. (in combination) having an appearance (as specified)

    ill-favoured

“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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Externally, these situations have either led to accusations that Norris was being favoured, or that McLaren were meddling too much, or both.

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The 21-year-old was favoured to win, with strong performances over the show's 11 weeks, including a tribute to his father and a surprise appearance from his sister Bindi.

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Having won four qualifiers and scored 11 goals, Esperance were favoured to make a winning start against Malien, appearing in the mini-league phase for the first time after 19 failed attempts.

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Incumbent President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, 53, is favoured to win in the first round.

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However, rather than making radical changes, Howe stuck with his favoured 4-3-3 system and two of the three alterations to his starting line-up were effectively enforced after Kieran Trippier and Anthony Gordon missed out through injury.

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