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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
Devi Sridhar, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2012
Unfortunately for Palestinians, such appeals tend to be disfavored by social media algorithms.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 7 Aug. 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
For example, ministries of finance need to develop innovative fiscal policies that incentivize individuals and companies to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors, and ministries of agriculture must help eliminate national and regional subsidies that disfavor healthy foods.
—Devi Sridhar, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2012
Unfortunately for Palestinians, such appeals tend to be disfavored by social media algorithms.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disfavor
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One in five survey respondents' decision to look for another job was mainly motivated by their desire for remote work and their dislike of their current organization's RTO (return-to-office) policy.Rachel Wells, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Sharks Mark Cuban and Greiner hooted and hollered their dislike of the espresso martini's taste.Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 19 Oct. 2024
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Despite the disapproval of pharmaceutical companies, doctors and plastic surgeons are experimenting with these treatments to aid patients with gradual weight loss.Jackie Snow, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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His biological parents were not allowed to marry due to his maternal grandfather's disapproval of his father, who is Syrian.Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 4 Nov. 2024
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But life in Kingstree and surrounding communities is marked by poverty, a lack of access to health care, and other socioeconomic disadvantages that have given South Carolina poor rankings in key health indicators such as rates of death and obesity among children and teens.Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Over these same years, the polling tells us that Democrats have gone from having a modest edge in how voters identify themselves in partisan terms to having a small disadvantage.Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
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An onlooker snapped a picture, which seemed to exemplify the lawlessness that is inherent to why some people love sideshows and others hate them.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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All the while, Elon Musk—a far-right activist and the site’s owner, who is campaigning for and giving away millions to help elect Donald Trump—amplifies horrendous conspiracy theories about voter fraud, migrants run amok, and the idea that Jewish people hate white people.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Employees had previously voiced their displeasure with each new policy that required more days in the office through walkouts, open letters, and threatening to quit.Paolo Confino, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
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Hong-Kyun is the South Korean ‘first foreign minister’, who last week summoned the Russian ambassador to Seoul to register South Korea’s displeasure at the news that up to 12,000 North Korean soldiers are in or on their way to Russia to fight in Ukraine.Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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From routine costs — like co-pays at doctor's visits, therapy sessions and prescription medications — to unexpected medical bills, health care expenses weigh heavily on many people's budgets.Becca Stanek, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024
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The biggest offseason expense will be quarterback Brock Purdy, who still has one year and $1.1 million left on his original rookie deal as the final pick of the 2022 NFL Draft.Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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As an intimacy grows between Cassie and Bryan, Berryman again dances with shadows of Blanche and Stanley, but with all the hatred removed, the poisons of class and time and gender drained away.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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The hatred isn’t just coming from anonymous fringe posters either.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 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 21 Nov. 2024.
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