as in despised
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1
as in hated
to feel dislike for
a style of stage acting that is disfavored by most theatergoers today
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2
as in disliked
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 disfavored
Leslie Fields-Cruz, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2025
Some curbed its oversight over sister branches, others installed term limits or mandated a retirement age for justices, and still others granted the Senate the power to overrule disfavored opinions and require new justices to have prior judicial experience.
—Time, 14 Nov. 2025
And Carr’s public comments undoubtedly connect that threat to Kimmel’s disfavored comments.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Earlier this year, we were advised to avoid using words included on the government’s growing list of disfavored words.
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Data indicates these petitions are granted less than 1% of the time and are particularly disfavored in the Second Circuit.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for disfavored
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Before public opinion turned against the war, Ali was likely the most despised man in America.—
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Christian Braun hated the view from the sideline.—
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The pioneers of punk music did it because the mainstream crowd hated it.—
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Much of that tension centered on the poster’s sister and her boyfriend, whom the sister-in-law openly disliked.—
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In 2024, 26 percent of voters disliked both candidates.—
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a liberal Democrat with a pragmatist bent, instantly rejected the suggestion that Mamdani represented the new face of the Democratic Party.—
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Demonstrators argued that taxpayer money should not be used to harm or kill innocent people and rejected claims that the killing of Good was an act of self-defense.—
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Officials originally proposed upgrading the city’s largest cricket stadium, The Gabba, to accommodate the Games, though the project’s price tag was heavily criticized.—
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A number of head coaches leading teams at AFCON 2025 in Morocco have criticized the changes to the tournament’s schedule, arguing that AFCON’s current two-year cycle is ideal for the development of African football and related infrastructure.—
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“Disfavored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disfavored. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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