unfavorable
adjective
un·fa·vor·able
ˌən-ˈfā-v(ə-)rə-bəl 
-ˈfā-vər-bəl
2
: not propitious : disadvantageous
an unfavorable business climate
3
: not pleasing
an unfavorable feature of the plan
unfavorableness
noun
Examples of unfavorable in a Sentence
She formed an unfavorable impression of him.
the company chose to accept the unfavorable settlement rather than spend more money on legal fees
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His choices are not of his making, this man who grows his own peppers in the unfavorable conditions of his windowsill.
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Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
An unfavorable past Amid the AI race heating up, the United States has banned China from using its most advanced AI products, including NVIDIA’s H100 and H200 chips.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
In January, the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service forecast that domestic orange production would fall to its lowest level in almost 90 years due to unfavorable weather and crop disease — particularly in Florida.
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Sherrill received a 40 percent favorability rating, compared to a 29 percent unfavorable rating.
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Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
An unfavorable past Amid the AI race heating up, the United States has banned China from using its most advanced AI products, including NVIDIA’s H100 and H200 chips.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
In January, the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service forecast that domestic orange production would fall to its lowest level in almost 90 years due to unfavorable weather and crop disease — particularly in Florida.
—Claire Malon, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Sherrill received a 40 percent favorability rating, compared to a 29 percent unfavorable rating.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
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unfavorable
adjective
un·fa·vor·able
ˌən-ˈfāv-(ə-)rə-bəl
1
: expressing disapproval
unfavorable comments
2
: likely to make difficult or unpleasant
unfavorable weather for a camping trip
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