Unfavorable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unfavorable \Un*fa"vor*a*ble\, a.
     Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary;
     discouraging. -- {Un*fa"vor*a*ble*ness}, n. --
     {Un*fa"vor*a*bly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unfavorable
       adj 1: not encouraging or approving or pleasing; "unfavorable
              conditions"; "an unfavorable comparison"; "unfavorable
              comments" [syn: {unfavourable}] [ant: {favorable}]
       2: (of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose;
          "unfavorable winds" [syn: {unfavourable}] [ant: {favorable}]
       3: not favorable; "made an unfavorable impression";
          "unfavorable reviews"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  152 Moby Thesaurus words for "unfavorable":
     adversary, adversative, adverse, against, alien, antagonistic,
     anti, antipathetic, antithetic, apocalyptic, bad, baleful, baneful,
     black, bodeful, boding, clashing, competitive, con, conflicting,
     contradictory, contrary, counter, counteractive, cross, dark,
     deleterious, detrimental, difficult, dire, disaccordant,
     disadvantageous, disappointed, disapprobatory, disapproving,
     discontented, disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, displeased,
     dissatisfied, dissentient, dissenting, disserviceable, doomful,
     dreary, enemy, evil, evil-starred, fateful, foreboding, fractious,
     gloomy, hard, harmful, hostile, ill, ill-boding, ill-considered,
     ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-seasoned, ill-starred, ill-timed,
     improper, in opposition, inappropriate, inauspicious, inconvenient,
     indignant, inexpedient, infelicitous, inimical, injurious,
     inopportune, intempestive, intrusive, irrelevant, late, low,
     lowering, mal a propos, malapropos, menacing, miserable, mistimed,
     negative, noncooperative, not easy, obstinate, of evil portent,
     off base, ominous, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite,
     oppositional, oppositive, oppugnant, out of line, out of phase,
     out of time, overthwart, perverse, poor, portending, portentous,
     prejudicial, premature, recalcitrant, refractory, repugnant,
     rigorous, rival, sinister, somber, stressful, threatening,
     too late, too soon, troublesome, troublous, trying, turned-off,
     unadvantageous, unappreciative, unapproving, unbefitting,
     uncomplimentary, uncooperative, unfit, unfitting, unfortunate,
     unfriendly, unhandy, unhappy, unlucky, unprofitable, unpromising,
     unpropitious, unready, unrewarding, unripe, unseasonable,
     unsuitable, untimely, untoward, useless, worthless, wretched,
     wrong