unfavourable
adjective
not favourable; adverse or inauspicious
unfavourably
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a word derived from
unfavourable.
Example Sentences
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A 19th-Century Anglo-Indian journal derided the voices of boys playing women as "discordant", comparing them unfavourably to "howling jackals".
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
Yet the markets, which quickly responded unfavourably, did not wait for media coverage to decide to trade against Britain.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025
Zaluzhnyi and Zabrodskyi conceded that Ukraine was positioned "extremely unfavourably" on two eastern frontlines, around the towns of Bakhmut and Izyum.
From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2022
Some saw the risk of provoking a 'soft leadership' contest, with party members or voters comparing him - perhaps unfavourably - with some of the younger frontbenchers in his team.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2022
But against this there were objections; and she finally resolved that it could be the last resource, if her private enquiries to the absence of the family were unfavourably answered.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
