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unfancied

British

/ ʌnˈfænsɪd /

adjective

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

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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

"I'm careful not to make excuses but it comes from a lot of different variables," Shiffrin told reporters after the race won by the unfancied second-ranked Austrian pair of Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 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

In his first coaching meeting with New Zealand, he masterminded a 27-19 victory for an unfancied Australia side to take them to their first Rugby Championship title in four years.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2023

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

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

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