unfavourable
Britishadjective
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Unfavourable weather usually becomes a major problem for retailers as they place orders and ship items for important seasons far in advance to ensure enough products are on shelves to meet customer demand.
From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2023
Unfavourable headlines and gossip continued over the following months.
From BBC • May 20, 2023
Unfavourable market conditions have caused a number of South Korean firms to scrap or postpone IPOs, including refiner Hyundai Oilbank and Hyundai Engineering.
From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2022
Unfavourable comparisons have been made with the victory party of Nicolas Sarkozy, who celebrated his 2007 presidential win in the chic Parisian restaurant Fouquet’s, which cemented his reputation as a “bling-bling” president.
From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2017
Unfavourable political and economic conditions of a temporary character influence the emigration movement.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
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