Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unfavorably.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete Unpropitiously.
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- adverb Alternative form of
disfavourably .
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Examples
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One of the basic issues have been, particularly in Europe, is with capital adequacy rules that ratched up automatically during the crisis because the risk weighting had to be rescored disfavorably once the losses began.
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One of the basic issues have been, particularly in Europe, is with capital adequacy rules that ratched up automatically during the crisis because the risk weighting had to be rescored disfavorably once the losses began.
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Obviously, it's the internet that's keeping us from being as smart as David Brooks, who writes favorably of Obama when the winds are blowing Obama's way, and writes disfavorably of Obama when the opposite is true.
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Obviously, it's the internet that's keeping us from being as smart as David Brooks, who writes favorably of Obama when the winds are blowing Obama's way, and writes disfavorably of Obama when the opposite is true.
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So how much does it help court legitimacy that Congress is viewed so disfavorably?
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I hope Chinese Americans will write the Chinese authorites here and in China and tell them that treating cats and dogs in this cruel fashion is causing Americans and people of other nations to look disfavorably on China.
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It is possible the Lamont-Lieberman election is the beginning of another such shift where Democrats are viewed disfavorably on a number of important issues of the day for quite some time.
Sound Politics: A Moderate Republican Deservedly Bites the Dust 2006
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After that, my ideas that seemed "radical" were at least given attention - whether or favorably, or disfavorably - by forcing those in office to respond.
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After that, my ideas that seemed "radical" were at least given attention - whether or favorably, or disfavorably - by forcing those in office to respond.
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Insulting me in this case or my son or his teacher is really like a basketball player going after a commentator because the commentator is reporting disfavorably about what is happening on the court.
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