单词 | unfavoured |
释义 | unfavouredunfavoredadj. (un- prefix1 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adjective] > disadvantaged disadvantaged1611 unfavoured1774 unvantaged1791 vantageless1810 impacted1963 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disfavour > [adjective] > disfavoured gracelessa1413 discountenanced1749 unfavoured1774 demonish1808 disfavoured1865 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 251 There was a time, when these unfavoured children of Nature, were the peculiar favourites of the great. 1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. i. 146 Mr. Dennel was a man as unfavoured by nature as he was uncultivated by art. 1908 C. W. Wallace Children of Chapel 175 This diminished the reputation and profit of the unfavored players. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1774 |
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