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unfavor

unfavor noun: absence or lack of favor.

Noun

unfavor (uncountable)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Absence or lack of favor.
    • Having no stand to show favour at one time and unfavour at another time.2000, B. R. Kumawat, Teachers' English Language and Teaching
    • He emerged out from the rear of the temple and into the courtyard of the Four Kings where he was met with un-favor and disciplined silence...the silence of over five hundred warriors.2014, Alton One Jenkins, The Midas King Chronicles, volume 1
    Synonyms:
    disfavour

Synonyms of unfavor

Forms of unfavor

alternative formun-favor
alternative UKunfavour

Origin of unfavor

From un- + favor.

Questions about unfavor

What does unfavor mean?
Unfavor means absence or lack of favor.
What part of speech is unfavor?
Unfavor is a noun.

Words near unfavor in the dictionary

  1. unfaulty
  2. unfave
  3. unfaved
  4. unfaves
  5. unfaving
  6. unfavor
  7. unfavor'd
  8. unfavorability
  9. unfavorable
  10. unfavorableness
  11. unfavorables

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