1
as in dislike
a strong feeling of not liking or approving
made no attempt to hide his disfavor of his wife's relatives
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as in disapproval
refusal to accept as right or desirable
their suggestion was met with disfavor by virtually all of the other club members
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as in disadvantage
the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success
the defendant certainly acted to his own disfavor with his frequent outbursts
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as in to dislike
to feel dislike for
a style of stage acting that is disfavored by most theatergoers today
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as in to criticize
to hold an unfavorable opinion of
polls showing that this political candidate is highly disfavored by most voters
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Recent Examples of disfavor
Michael Powell, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
Trump candidates have brought down multiple Republicans in the past as his rabid public following routinely puts pressure on GOP lawmakers who fall into the former president's disfavor.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 30 July 2023
The Editors, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
In that commentary, the editorial board considered the argument that injunctions against foreclosure sales are disfavored if the mezzanine borrower can recover a collectible judgment against the lender.
—Joshua Stein, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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Noun
These are widely used but not mandatory, and make clear which answers by an applicant are likely to find disfavor with faculty diversity committees.
—Michael Powell, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
Trump candidates have brought down multiple Republicans in the past as his rabid public following routinely puts pressure on GOP lawmakers who fall into the former president's disfavor.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 30 July 2023
Verb
Famous and politically favored entertainers like Stephen Colbert would be immune to such prosecution, but citizen creators who are disfavored by the government, sharing their work across social media, would be hounded.
—The Editors, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
In that commentary, the editorial board considered the argument that injunctions against foreclosure sales are disfavored if the mezzanine borrower can recover a collectible judgment against the lender.
—Joshua Stein, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disfavor
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Tomas Rodriguez | Corbis | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump has made his dislike for student debt relief clear.Annie Nova, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024
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Still, Carro has made no secret of his dislike for the rule.Paolo Confino, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2024
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When the Red Cross denied the women entry to their club and instead opened a segregated club, the battalion collectively refused to enter to express their disapproval.Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Jack wasn’t aware that his life was off track, which raises their old disapproval over him choosing the Marines, not Berkeley.Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Each also has its advantages and disadvantages from a taxation perspective.Prasanna Kumar, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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During our time with the game, one or more players would leave like clockwork every other match or so, putting the team at a disadvantage.Echo Apsey, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
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Louis can hate himself for the rest of his life very easily without the help of anyone else.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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The history that made us into creatures capable of coöperation also gave us the capacity to hate one another in the aggregate, to draw sharp lines dividing the in-group from the out-group.Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Though welcomed by the AfD and other right-wing parties, establishment German parties expressed their displeasure with Musk’s endorsement.Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
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The fact that Donald Trump has been completely AWOL during these negotiations, to the point where only after Elon Musk publicly tweets out his displeasure about this budget deal.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Set cost-saving targets (e.g., a 20% reduction in IT expenses), improve performance by reducing system response times, gauge user satisfaction through feedback and track deployment speed to cut integration time from weeks to days.Siddharth Gawshinde, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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The vast majority are for medical expenses from people in desperate situations, the exact situations that insurance theoretically should protect against.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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All of the hatred and violence of their relationship all culminated in this moment.Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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The promise comes several days after a man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson said he was motivated by hatred of that system ‒ a hatred apparently shared by many people who have taken to social media in the days since the Dec. 4 killing.Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Despite the fact that the age of female winners has been steadily increasing in the last despite, the average female Oscar winner is 39 years old, according to a Sky News 2023 report—almost a decade younger than the average male winner at 47.Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2023
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Westbrook recently scored a triple-double despite shooting 7-for-27 from the floor.Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 7 Dec. 2019
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“Disfavor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disfavor. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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