unfavourable
Britishadjective
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"Another difficult night on the wildfire front," Nunez said on X. "The situation remains very unfavourable," he said, stressing the situation in the southwestern department of Gironde where Bordeaux is located was particularly difficult.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez warned on Sunday the wildfire situation in France was "very unfavourable" as firefighters battled to hold the blazes back from the UNESCO-listed city of Bordeaux in the southwest.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 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
Winter- green would spread the unfavourable report along through Twenty-seventh Air Force Headquarters.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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