unfavorite
English
Alternative forms
- unfavourite (Commonwealth)
Adjective
unfavorite (comparative more unfavorite, superlative most unfavorite)
- (informal) Not preferred; in particular, especially disliked.
- 1979 August 18, Maida Tilchen, Nancy Vogl, Debbie Lempke, Susan Shanbaum, Bonnie Lockhart, “The Diversity of Women's Music”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 5, page 9:
- I'm going to talk about business, which is really my most unfavorite aspect of doing this work. We are involved in an enormous contradiction: we're trying to make a living in a system where no one makes a living doing creative stuff.
Related terms
Noun
unfavorite (plural unfavorites)
- (informal) Something that is not a favourite; particularly something that is especially disliked.
Usage notes
Most often used in explicit contrast to favorite, as in “These are some of my favorite and unfavorite things”.
Verb
unfavorite (third-person singular simple present unfavorites, present participle unfavoriting, simple past and past participle unfavorited)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “all senses”): favorite
Derived terms
- unfave, unfav (both informal)
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