unfavored
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Kids in favoritism situations have said, almost unanimously, the most healing thing has been the acknowledgment and support of the favored child toward the unfavored.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 25, 2021
The two teams leading the English Premier League each staged late comebacks to win 2-1 against unfavored opponents on Saturday.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 2, 2019
Simone Manuel, defending champion in the women’s 100 freestyle, had squeaked into the final with the joint slowest time, putting her in unfavored lane one for the blue riband race.
From Reuters ● Jul. 26, 2019
Davies also claims that, after overseeing News International in London, James Murdoch was brought by his father to the U.S., where he is “discredited, unfavored, powerless.”
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 28, 2014
Yet the most unfavored of Britain’s colonies has never borne such a yoke of servitude as the most favored Spanish colony must wear.
From Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Mathew Joseph Holt
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