unfancied

British

/ ʌnˈfænsɪd /

adjective

(esp of a sportsperson, team, etc) thought unlikely to win or succeed

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unfancied

For most of Sunday afternoon the most pertinent question appeared to be if anyone could catch the unfancied Yealimi Noh.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

He was joined on that number by another unfancied American in Ryan Gerard, while Cameron Young also shot a second successive 67 to move to six under.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

The completely unfancied Shaidorov kept his nerve as his rivals tumbled, moving up from fifth to take his country's first figure skating gold, with Japan's Yuma Kagiyama and Shun Sato completing the podium.

From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026

His score of 274.1 points defeated Kacper Tomasiak of Poland, another unfancied jumper who scored 270.7 points.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

Unwed, unfancied, ware of wiles, they fingerponder nightly each his variorum edition of The Taming of the Shrew.

From Ulysses by James Joyce

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