Meaning

4 senses
  1. (UK)Serving to hinder or oppose; adverse, disadvantageous, inconducive, unsuitable.

    (of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose

  2. (UK)Not auspicious; ill-boding.

  3. (UK)Of a belief, state of mind, etc.: not favourable; disapproving.

  4. (UK)Of wind or weather: causing delay or obstacles; not conducive to travel or work; inclement.

    ungünstig

    неблагоприя́тныйneblagoprijátnyj

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The decision was unfavourable to us.

    ruЭто решение было для нас невыгодным.

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  2. Several price rises put the company in an unfavourable situation.

    deMehrere Preiserhöhungen brachten das Unternehmen in eine ungünstige Situation.

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  3. I made it plain that the situation was unfavourable to us.

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  4. The circumstances are unfavourable.

    deDie Umstände sind ungünstig.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
of wind or weather: causing delay or obstacles:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of wind or weather: causing delay or obstacles:

Forms

more unfavourable, most unfavourable
Comparativemore unfavourable Lesson
Superlativemost unfavourable Lesson

regular

Synonyms

26 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

10 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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