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disfavor
[dis-fey-ver]
noun
unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike.
The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
the state of being regarded unfavorably; disrepute.
The fashions of one year are in disfavor the next.
a disadvantageous or detrimental act; disservice.
The pianist did himself a disfavor in trying to sing.
verb (used with object)
to regard or treat with disfavor.
Other Word Forms
- disfavorer noun
Example Sentences
Avoid inviting commencement speakers disfavored by the Trump administration?
He said the case “presented an issue of great importance for our nation’s youth: whether public schools may suppress student speech because it expresses a viewpoint the schools disfavor.”
This is not exactly in the show’s disfavor.
There’s no better way to understand the centrality of mobility to the American Dream than to trace the ways in which we’ve denied it to disfavored groups over time.
On Sunday, Rubio said on CBS News's "Face the Nation" that he intended to continue using the power to deport those with disfavored political beliefs.
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