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unfavorable en · ADJ

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 favorable English unfavorable From un- + favorable.

Meanings

  1. (US, alt-of, standard) US standard spelling of unfavourable.
    • Microrefugia are sites that support populations of species when their ranges contract during unfavorable climate episodes. 2015 January 9, Kristoffer Hylander, Johan Ehrlén, Miska Luoto, Eric Meineri, “Microrefugia: Not for everyone”, in Ambio, volume 44 (supplement 1), →DOI, →PMID, pages 60–8:
    • Alternatively, unfavorable outcome with severe or even fatal consequences for the organism would be the development of fibrolipid plaque which would be prone to plaque rupture and thrombus formation [ 23 ]. 2015 June 9, Alexander N. Orekhov et al., “Development of Antiatherosclerotic Drugs on the basis of Natural Products Using Cell Model Approach”, in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, volume 2015, →DOI:

Forms

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most unfavorable Degree=Sup lexicographic
more unfavorable Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

unfavorableness · unfavorably