unfavor en · NOUN
Etymology
From un- + favor.
Meanings
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(nonstandard, rare, uncountable) 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:On all these men, on their favour or unfavour depended my future fate, and I was received in the most kind of gentle manner.
2019, Lothar Schilling, Jakob Vogel, Transnational Cultures of Expertise, page 57: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unfavour | UK, alternative | lexicographic | |
| un-favor | alternative | lexicographic |