dis·fa·vor
(ˌ)dis-ˈfā-vər 
1
: disapproval, dislike
practices looked upon with disfavor
2
: the state or fact of being no longer favored
fell into disfavor
3
disfavored; disfavoring; disfavors
: to withhold or withdraw favor from
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Examples of disfavor in a Sentence
Noun
He regarded their proposal with disfavor.
They looked with disfavor upon her.
Verb
The current laws favor large businesses and disfavor smaller businesses.
a style of stage acting that is disfavored by most theatergoers today
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Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Trump's much deeper in personal disfavor, seen favorably by 37%, unfavorably by 60%.
—Gary Langer, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
Jessica Riskin, The New York Review of Books, 6 Feb. 2025
Judges typically disfavor pre-trial publicity that risks tainting a jury pool and, in fact, the federal judge has already warned both sides against litigating the case in the media.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Eleanor Roosevelt, who had viewed Mesta’s appointment with disfavor, dropped into the duchy and changed her mind after seeing her in action.
—Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Trump's much deeper in personal disfavor, seen favorably by 37%, unfavorably by 60%.
—Gary Langer, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
Verb
For Darwin, adaptations were the result of mutations leading to trait variation among individuals in a population, which were then filtered through conditions in a local environment, favoring certain variants and disfavoring others.
—Jessica Riskin, The New York Review of Books, 6 Feb. 2025
Judges typically disfavor pre-trial publicity that risks tainting a jury pool and, in fact, the federal judge has already warned both sides against litigating the case in the media.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Disfavor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disfavor. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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disfavor
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dis·fa·vor
(ˈ)dis-ˈfā-vər
1
: dislike entry 1, disapproval
practices looked upon with disfavor
2
: the state or fact of being disliked or disapproved
fell into disfavor
disfavor
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