misfavor

/mɪsˈfeɪvə(ɹ)/

misfavor verb: to dislike or disapprove of; to view with displeasure or dislike.

Verb

misfavor (third-person singular simple present misfavors, present participle misfavoring, simple past and past participle misfavored)

To dislike or disapprove of; to view with displeasure or dislike.
- I do not misfavor a general freeze now.1948, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, National Stabilization, page 573
- I misfavor the bearin' o' yon micos," MacPherson muttered out of a corner of his mouth as the first Creek leaders strode out over burned brown grass on the square fronting the House of Strangers.1964, Francis van Wyck Mason, Rascals' Heaven, page 269
To disadvantage or exhibit bias against.

misfavor (countable and uncountable, plural misfavors)

Disapproval or antipathy; disfavor.
- The spoils system may well be the primary explanation for administrative unwillingness to take any action which would curry political misfavor.1972, Loyola of Los Angeles law review - Volume 5, page 83
- Indeed only a handful of citizens opposed the project; and we were the target of much public criticism and misfavor.1991, Jonathan Kusel, Well-being in Forest-dependent Communities, page 198
A disservice or detriment.
- And one of the prices of specialization is the realization by a specialist of how important he may be to some city, because some city I think does him a misfavor sometimes by making him believe that he is a man of consequence more than he maybe really, actually is.1953, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee Hearings on H.R. 4495, page 559
- The book is a great misfavor to the mysterious, exciting , and even elegant squid.1992, Children's Literature Review - Volume 28, page 53
(rare) Inappropriate approval.
- Just now we are passing through a period when many religious people are deliberately repudiating reason as a way to the goodness of God. These radical swings back and forth between misfavor and disfavor of reason are disruptive to the growth of genuine high religion.1938, Henry Nelson Wieman, Walter Marshall Horton, The Growth of Religion - Volume 61, page 404

Verb
third-person singular present	misfavors
present participle	misfavoring
past participle	misfavored
past	misfavored
alternative form	misfavour
Noun
plural	misfavors

From mis- + favor.

What does misfavor mean?: Misfavor means to dislike or disapprove of; to view with displeasure or dislike.
What part of speech is misfavor?: Misfavor can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce misfavor?: Misfavor is pronounced /mɪsˈfeɪvə(ɹ)/.
What is the past tense of misfavor?: The past tense of misfavor is misfavored.

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