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adv. - Showing disapproval.

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Usage examples (32)
  • He reviewed the play unfavorably
  • Adjective : an unfavorable wind. ,an unfavorable omen. ,an unfavorable development
  • She's already hurt our chances enough by comparing Obama to McCain unfavorably ( "lifetime of experience" vs "a speech").
  • Some of them are even top fashion models, but these too, I'm sure, would be compared "unfavorably" to Michelle Obama should they dare to stand in the same room as she.
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