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Unfavorable vs Unfriendly - What's the difference?

unfavorable | unfriendly | Related terms |

Unfavorable is a related term of unfriendly.


As adjectives the difference between unfavorable and unfriendly

is that unfavorable is disadvantageous, adverse, unsuitable, inconducive; serving to hinder or oppose while unfriendly is not friendly; hostile; mean.

As a noun unfriendly is

an enemy.

unfavorable

English

Alternative forms

* unfavourable

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Disadvantageous, adverse, unsuitable, inconducive; serving to hinder or oppose.
  • * 1863 , , Excursions , ch. 6:
    • The shade of a dense pine wood, is more unfavorable to the springing up of pines of the same species than of oaks within it.
  • Not favorable, disapproving.
  • * 1860 , , The Mill on the Floss , ch. 11:
    • [Y]et the thing she most dreaded was to offend the gypsies, by betraying her extremely unfavorable opinion of them.
  • (of wind or weather) Causing obstacles or delay; not conducive to travel or work; inclement.
  • * 1855 , , Israel Potter , ch. 17:
    • The wind was right under the land, the tide unfavorable.
  • Not auspicious; ill-boding.
  • * 1903 , , The Filigree Ball , ch. 6:
    • The fact that the bride went through the ceremony without her bridal bouquet is looked upon by many as an unfavorable omen.

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "unfavorable" is often applied: condition, circumstance, weather, climate, outcome, result, opinion, view, impression, effect, consequence, impact, influence, environment, balance, information, report, prognosis, rating, evaluation, review, position, factor, feature, aspect, reaction, response, attitude, season, development, treatment, ruling, case, state, experience, inference.

    Antonyms

    * favorable

    Related terms

    * unfavorably

    unfriendly

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • not friendly; hostile; mean
  • unfavourable

    • Antonyms

    * friendly

    Derived terms

    * user-unfriendly

    Noun

    (unfriendlies)
  • An enemy.
  • * 2005 , Ted Dekker, Thunder of Heaven (page 217)
    • Sweep the valley compound and eliminate any unfriendlies you encounter.
  • * 2008 , Dennis Wengert, A Very Healthy Insanity (page 44)
    • You see, the mission of almost every teenage girl on the loose is to first identify the targets, just like a war. These include the primary objective (the boy), the enemy (other girls), the friendlies (sympathetic girl friends and the boy's family), and unfriendlies (other boys).