unfavorable

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNFA'VORABLE, adjective 1. Not favorable; not propitious; not disposed or adapted to countenance or support. We found the minister's opinion unfavorable to our project. The committee made a report unfavorable to the petitioner. 2. Not propitious; not adapted to promote any object; as weather unfavorable for harvest. 3. Not kind; not obliging. 4. Discouraging; as unfavorable prospects.
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