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favourless

/ˈfeɪvə(ɹ)ləs/

favourless adjective: unfavoured; having no countenance or support.

Adjective

favourless (comparative more favourless, superlative most favourless)

  1. (archaic) unfavoured; having no countenance or support
  2. (archaic) unpropitious; unfavourable
    • Fortune favourless1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 7

Forms of favourless

comparativemore favourless
superlativemost favourless
alternative formfavorless

Origin of favourless

From favour + -less.

Questions about favourless

What does favourless mean?
Favourless means unfavoured; having no countenance or support.
What part of speech is favourless?
Favourless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce favourless?
Favourless is pronounced /ˈfeɪvə(ɹ)ləs/.

Words near favourless in the dictionary

  1. favouritize
  2. favouritized
  3. favouritizes
  4. favouritizing
  5. favourize
  6. favourless
  7. favourous
  8. favours
  9. favoursome
  10. favous
  11. Favre

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