Unfavourable

Definition: Unfavourable

Unfavourable

Adjective

1. Not encouraging or approving or pleasing; "unfavorable conditions"; "an unfavorable comparison"; "unfavorable comments".

2. (of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose; "unfavorable winds".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "unfavourable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonym: Unfavourable

Crosswords: Unfavourable

German (unguenstig).

On this ground and for this contest Wellington had the favourable side, Napoleon the unfavourable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "unfavourable": conditions unfavourable to ♦ have an unfavourable effect on ♦ unfavourable answer ♦ unfavourable balance ♦ unfavourable conditions ♦ unfavourable impression ♦ unfavourable to ♦ unfavourable trade balance ♦ unfavourable volume variance ♦ unfavourable weather. Additional references.

Albanian

i papërshtatshëm (ill timed, ill-placed, ill-sorted, ill-suited, improper, inadequate, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inconvenient, indecorous, ineligible, inept, infelicitous, out of place, reject, unadaptable, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, undesirable, undue, unequal, unfavorable, unmeet, unsuitable, unsuited, unusable, wrong), i pafavorshëm (adverse, contrary, disadvantageous, hostile, low, unfavorable, untoward). (various references)

Arabic 

‏معارض (antagonist, contrary, dissenting, in opposition to, objecting, opposed, opposite, reluctant, resistant, unfavorable, unwilling), ‏غير مؤات (contrary, disadvantageous, unfavorable, untoward), ‏غير مرغوب فيه (undesirable, unfavorable, unwanted, unwelcome), ‏غير سار (unfavorable), ‏سلبي (minus, negative, passive, predatory, supine, unfavorable). (various references)

Bulgarian 

отрицателен (minus, negative, negatory, privative, subzero, uncomplitary, unfavorable), неодобрителен (deprecative, disapprobative, disapprobatory, disapproving, squint eyed, unapproving, unfavorable), неблагосклонен (unagreeable, unfavorable, unfriendly), неблагоприятен (contrary, disadvantageous, dyslogistic, inauspicious, inimical, low, mis-, unfavorable, unsuitable, untoward), насрещен (adverse, counter, cross, crosswind, foul, head, oncoming, opposite, unfavorable), противен (abhorrent, abominable, adverse, bastard, contrary, cross, disagreeable, foul, fulsome, ghastly, gross, horrid, loud, mucky, nameless, nasty, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, opposing, pestilential, rebarbative, repugnant, repulsive, scarlet, sickening, sickly, sorry, sour, squalid, swinish, ugly, unattractive, unfavorable, ungracious, ungrateful, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury, vexatious, vile, villainous). (various references)

Chinese 

不赞同 (unfavorable). (various references)

Czech

nevýhodný (disadvantageous, inconvenient, unfavorable), nepříznivý (adverse, contrary, inauspicious, inimical, unfavorable). (various references)

Danish

ugunstig (infaust), infavorabel (infaust). (various references)

Dutch

infaustus (infaust), infaust (infaust). (various references)

Finnish

epäsuotuisa (disadvantageous, unpropitious), epäsuosiollinen (unfavourably disposed), epäedullinen (disadvantageous, unprofitable). (various references)

French

défavorable (unfavorable, unfriendly, unpropitious). (various references)

German

ungünstig (adverse, awkward, awkwardly, disadvantageous, expensive, inauspicious, inconvenient, inconveniently, unfavorable, unfavorably, unfavourably, unflattering, unfortunate, unfriendly, unlucky, unpropitious, untoward). (various references)

Greek 

ανεπιθύμητος (undesirable, unwanted), ο μη ευνοϊκός (infaust), δυσμενήσ (adverse, ill-favored, ill-favoured, malign, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpropitious). (various references)

Hungarian

kedvezõtlen (disadvantageous, inauspicious, poor, unfavorable). (various references)

Italian

sfavorevole (adverse, bad, ill, unfavorable, unpropitious, untoward). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

芳しくない (disgraceful, poor), 悪し様 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

か�"ばしくない (disgraceful, poor), あしざま. (various references)

Korean 

형편이 나쁜 (unfavorable). (various references)

Manx

olk (bad, bad-hearted, bad-looking, evil, ill, injury, lousy, mischief, morally wrong, naughtiness, truculence, vice, vicious, wicked), neuvondeishagh (disadvantageous, profitless), neufoayroil, meefoayroil (adverse). (various references)

Pig Latin

avourableunfay.(various references)

Portuguese

desfavorável (adverse, bad, unfavorable). (various references)

Romanian

prost (ass, bad, badly, beef-witted, blinkard, blockhead, blunt, booby, calf, cheap, clumsy, cock eyed, common, dead, dolt, doltish, donkey, dull, dullard, dumb, dunce, dunderhead, flat, fool, foolish, good for nothing, goof, goon, goose, Goosey, gull, harmful, idiot, idiotish, inhospitable, lousy, lubber-head, miserable, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, nitwitted, noddy, noodle, numskull, numskulled, oaf, oafish, pin head, poor, poorly, silly, simple, simpleton, snipe, soft, soft-headed, sorry, spoony, stupid, thoughtless, unfavorable, wretched, zombie), neprielnic (inimical, unfavorable), nefavorabil (adverse, bad, disadvantageous, foul, ill disposed, ill-affected, ill-omened, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpropitious), impropice (unfavorable). (various references)

Russian 

неблагоприятный (adverse, baffling, contrary, disadvantageous, inauspicious, inimical, none to bright, none too bright, sinister, unauspicious, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpropitious, untoward, worst case, worst-case). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

suprotan (adversative, adverse, contrary, converse, counter, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite, reverse, unalike, unfavorable), nezgodan (disadvantageous, inconvenient, inopportune, troublesome, unchancy, unfavorable, unmeet, untimely), nepovoljan (unfavorable, unfortunate, ungracious, unlucky, untoward), nenaklonjen (undisposed, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpropitious, unwilling). (various references)

Spanish

desfavorable (adverse, baffling, hostile, unfavorable, unpropitious). (various references)

Swedish

ogynnsam (adverse, contrary, disadvantageous, inauspicious, unfathomable, unfavorable), ofördelaktig (adverse, detrimental, disadvantageous, unfavorable), oblid (unfavorable). (various references)

Turkish

ters (acrimonious, adverse, agley, Amiss, awkward, awry, backward, backwards, bad tempered, bloody minded, churlish, contradictory, contrary, converse, counter, crabbed, cranky, curt, cussed, dour, face down, fractious, fretful, Froward, frowning, grumpy, ill natured, illegitimate, indecorous, inimical, inverse, inversely, inverted, mis-, negative, off, opposing, opposite, perverse, retro-, reverse, snuffy, sub-, unfavorable, upside down, versed, wayward, wrong, wrongly), sakıncalı (disadvantageous, inconvenient, objectionable, prejudicial, unfavorable), olumsuz (deprecating, negative, negatory, poorly, unfavorable), elverişsiz (disabled, disadvantageous, inadequate, incapable, inconvenient, ineligible, insusceptible, unfavorable, unfit, unhandy, unpropitious, unsuitable, unsuited), aksi (adverse, awkward, bad tempered, bilious, bloody minded, cantankerous, contra, contra-, contrary, counter, crabbed, crabby, cross, cross-grained, crosspatch, crotchety, doggish, dour, evil, fractious, fretful, Froward, gruff, ill natured, ill tempered, ill-humored, ill-humoured, inverse, negatory, opposite, peevish, perverse, petulant, recalcitrant, refractory, reverse, shirty, snappish, snuffy, spleenful, spleenish, stroppy, stubborn, sullen, surly, tart, testy, unfavorable, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, wrongheaded), açık veren (unfavorable). (various references)

Ukrainian

несприятливий (adverse, bad, baffling, contrary, cross, impervious, inauspicious, non-contributory, unfavorable, unfriendly, untoward), непри�"мний (acerbic, bad, beastly, brackish, disagreeable, displeased, displeasing, distasteful, grisly, hack, importune, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, offensive, painful, plaguy, poor, provoking, snooty, tedious, ugly, unfavorable, ungracious, ungrateful, unlovable, unloveable, unlovely, unpleasant, unwelcome). (various references)

Vietnamese 

không tán th� nh không thuận lợi không hứa hẹn tốt, không có triển vọng không có lợi, không có thiện chí; không thuận, không có ích. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: unfavorable.

-3 letters: favorable.

-4 letters: anovular.

-5 letters: abalone, aleuron, aureola, baneful, fabular, flaneur, flavone, flavour, frenula, funeral, nebular, neurula, nouveau, ranulae, rouleau, rubeola, unravel, venular.