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unfavorable Definition

un·fa·vor·able (-fā′vər ə bəl)

adjective

not favorable; specif.,

  1. not propitious
  2. adverse, contrary, or disadvantageous

unfavorable Related Forms
un·fa′·vor·ably adverb
unfavorable Synonyms

unfavorable

modif.

  1. Adverse

    opposed, hostile, antagonistic; see unfriendly 1.

  2. Not propitious

    inopportune, untimely, unseasonable, adverse, calamitous, unpropitious, inexpedient, bad, ill-chosen, infelicitous, ill-fated, ill-suited, ill-timed, unsuitable, improper, wrong, abortive, untoward, malapropos, inauspicious, unlucky, ill, unfortunate, regrettable, premature, tardy, late, discommodious, unfit, inadvisable, objectionable, inconvenient, disadvantageous, damaging, destructive, unseemly, ill-advised, obstructive, troublesome, embarrassing, unpromising, awkward, with a jaundiced eye*, with a cold eye*; see also ominous.

unfavorable Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • prognosis: AB - PURPOSE: Children with recurrent or progressive central nervous system ( CNS ) tumors have an unfavorable prognosis.
  • opinion: An unfavorable opinion can be rolled of using the health-care quot she said.
  • exchange: It established the fact and set forth the extent of the unfavorable exchange between London and Dublin.
  • condition: Because of these unfavorable conditions, the 2d Company had been inserted into the position of the 8th Company last night.
  • factor: Univariate analysis was performed to determine the prognostic unfavorable factors.
  • light: Why would high officials use untruths and distortions in an effort to cast nongovernmental scientists in an unfavorable light.

Modifying Another Word

  • very: I have done some in the Camera on paper silvered as yet without decided success; but the weather has been very unfavorable.
  • energetically: Also singly linked water molecules involve greater ( energetically unfavorable ) rearrangements in the surrounding water.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: When conditions of moisture, temperature, and food supply became unfavorable, many soil bacteria would form resistant spores.