out of favour
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
Prepositional phrase
- (British spelling) No longer in favour, having lost approval, support or popularity.
- 2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 66:
- The Western Region was far more in the doldrums, with two types of incompatible motive power: out-of-favour vacuum-braked diesel-hydraulics and incompatible diesel electrics - a changeover policy which also affected the ability to introduce brand new coaching stock.
Alternative forms
References
- “out of favour”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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