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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fancied English unfancied From un- + fancied.

Meanings

1. Not predicted to win or succeed.
   • 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:
   • 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:

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