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out of favour

out of favour prepositional phrase: no longer in favour, having lost approval, support or popularity.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (UK) No longer in favour, having lost approval, support or popularity.
    • The Western Region was far more in the doldrums, with two types of incompatible motive power: out-of-favour vacuum-braked diesel-hydraulics and incompatible diesel electrics - a changeover policy which also affected the ability to introduce brand new coaching stock.2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 66

Forms of out of favour

alternative formout of favor

Words that rhyme with out of favour

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Questions about out of favour

What does out of favour mean?
Out of favour means no longer in favour, having lost approval, support or popularity.
What part of speech is out of favour?
Out of favour is a prepositional phrase.

Words near out of favour in the dictionary

  1. out of date
  2. out of doors
  3. out of drawing
  4. out of fashion
  5. out of favor
  6. out of favour
  7. out of fix
  8. out of focus
  9. out of form
  10. out of frame
  11. out of gas

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