unfavourable

un·fa·vour·a·ble British EnglishBrE, unfavorable American English /ʌnˈfeɪvərəbəl/ adjectiveadj

1 GOOD ENOUGH#unfavourable conditions, situations etc are not good 不適宜的；不利的

unfavourable circumstances

不利的情況

► see thesaurus at bad

2 DISAPPROVEif someone’s reaction or attitude to something is unfavourable, they do not like it 不喜歡的；反對的，不同意的

unfavourable reviews

否定的評論

unfavourable publicity

負面宣傳

Careless spelling mistakes in a letter can create an unfavourable impression.

信中粗心的拼寫錯誤會給人留下不好的印象。

—unfavourably adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

unfavourable• And planning certainly proved incapable of maintaining accumulation once conditions became unfavourable.• Very often this is combined with an option to take money instead should bill rates be unfavourable.• The second interpretation is that the economic outcomes, unfavourable as well as favourable, have been a consequence of the government's policies.• Despite an unfavourable business environment, the stock market remained steady.• A less liquid market could have unfavourable effects on the cost of raising capital.• He was now encumbered with a record that the voters generally regarded in an unfavourable light.• For the Republicans, it was a defensive struggle for democracy, against increasingly unfavourable odds.

unfavourable impression• Within seconds visual behaviours are sending signals which create a favourable or an unfavourable impression.

From Longman Business Dictionary