UNFAVORABLE in a Sentence

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Other factors were beyond the publisher's control, namely unfavorable currency exchange rates and weaker global economies.

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 Meanings and Examples of UNFAVORABLE
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unfavorable
 a.  not encouraging or approving or pleasing; having or showing opposition
Classic Sentence:
1  Soon after the arrival of the Shtcherbatskys there appeared in the morning crowd at the springs two persons who attracted universal and unfavorable attention.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 30
2  All of this together made a disagreeable impression on Katavasov, and when the volunteers got out at a station for a drink, Katavasov would have liked to compare his unfavorable impression in conversation with someone.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 8: Chapter 3
3  But the chances were gradually growing unfavorable to Hawkeye and his band.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32
4  It, however, proved a very unfavorable place for the accomplishment of this object.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
5  Here Prince Hippolyte spluttered and burst out laughing long before his audience, which produced an effect unfavorable to the narrator.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
6  Though there was no definite news of an Austrian defeat, there were many circumstances confirming the unfavorable rumors that were afloat, and so Kutuzov's suggestion of an Austrian victory sounded much like irony.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III
7  You have selected a most unfavorable moment for your first visit.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 47. The Dappled Grays.
Example Sentence:
1  In spite of the unfavorable weather,the grain output of the farm kept up and even increased a little than last year.
2  The majority always turn an unfavorable attitude towards atonal composition.
3  Other factors were beyond the publisher's control, namely unfavorable currency exchange rates and weaker global economies.