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UNFAVOURABLENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of not being encouraging or indicative of success
Synonyms:
unfavorableness; unfavourableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unfavourableness" is a kind of...):
disadvantage (the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unfavourableness"):
inauspiciousness; unpropitiousness (the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result)
Antonym:
favourableness (the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome)
Derivation:
unfavourable (involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness)
unfavourable ((of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose)
unfavourable (not encouraging or approving or pleasing)