unfavourable
Britishadjective
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Tens of thousands of people have already been evacuated from Bordeaux's surrounding region, with France's Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez saying the situation remained "very unfavourable" and the fire was "moving erratically" towards the city.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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
A Pew Research Center survey conducted in March showed that roughly 60 percent of US adults now hold an unfavourable view of Israel.
From Barron's ● May 16, 2026
In contrast, US energy companies ExxonMobil and Chevron saw their profits decline, results affected by an unfavourable time lag between the sale and delivery of products within the derivatives markets.
From Barron's ● May 10, 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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