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unfancied

unfancied adjective: not predicted to win or succeed.

Adjective

unfancied (comparative more unfancied, superlative most unfancied)

  1. Not predicted to win or succeed.
    • One of the most memorable World Cup runs of the more recent television era was that by the unfancied North Koreans in 1966, well before Havelange's ascendancy.1994, John Sugden, Alan Tomlinson, Hosts and champions, page 24
    • Scotland were lucky to be level at half-time after their unfancied hosts missed a series of good chances.2021 October 12, Jamie Lyall, “Faroe Islands 0-1 Scotland”, in BBC Sport

Forms of unfancied

comparativemore unfancied
superlativemost unfancied

Origin of unfancied

From un- + fancied.

Questions about unfancied

What does unfancied mean?
Unfancied means not predicted to win or succeed.
What part of speech is unfancied?
Unfancied is an adjective.

Words near unfancied in the dictionary

  1. unfamous
  2. unfanatic
  3. unfanatical
  4. unfanatically
  5. unfanciable
  6. unfancied
  7. unfanciful
  8. unfancifully
  9. unfancy
  10. unfang
  11. unfanged

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