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UNFAVORABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness
Example:
made an unfavorable impression
Synonyms:
disadvantageous; unfavorable; unfavourable
Classified under:
Similar:
minus; negative (involving disadvantage or harm)
Also:
inexpedient (not suitable or advisable)
harmful (causing or capable of causing harm)
inopportune (not opportune)
Derivation:
unfavorableness (the quality of not being encouraging or indicative of success)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose
Example:
unfavorable winds
Synonyms:
unfavorable; unfavourable
Classified under:
Similar:
adverse; contrary (in an opposing direction)
Also:
unpropitious (not propitious)
Antonym:
favorable ((of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate)
Derivation:
unfavorableness (the quality of not being encouraging or indicative of success)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Not encouraging or approving or pleasing
Example:
unfavorable impression
Synonyms:
unfavorable; unfavourable
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
admonishing; admonitory; reproachful; reproving (expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective)
adverse; inauspicious; untoward (contrary to your interests or welfare)
disapproving (expressing or manifesting disapproval)
discriminatory; invidious (containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice)
Also:
negative (expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial)
critical (marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws)
uncomplimentary (tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage)
bad (having undesirable or negative qualities)
hostile (characterized by enmity or ill will)
Antonym:
favorable (encouraging or approving or pleasing)
Derivation:
unfavorableness (the quality of not being encouraging or indicative of success)
Context examples:
Advanced stages have an unfavorable prognosis.
(Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Patients with this variant of CLL/SLL have an unfavorable prognosis compared to those with somatic hypermutations of the IGH genes, with a median survival of approximately 6-8 years.
(Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma with Unmutated Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Variable-Region Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Patients with acute myeloid leukemia usually do not respond to treatment and have an unfavorable clinical outcome.
(Alkylating Agent-Related Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
However, if some species aren’t visiting an orchard because of unfavorable landscapes beyond it, then the flower suffers, producing fewer seed and poorer fruit quality.
(Diverse Bee Communities Best for Apple Orchards, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
When anaplasia is diffuse, it is associated with an unfavorable clinical outcome.
(Anaplastic Renal Wilms Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
A WHO grade III malignant glioma of ependymal origin with accelerated growth and an unfavorable clinical outcome, particularly in children.
(Anaplastic Ependymoma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)
The hares are effectively pushing spruce trees into unfavorable habitats.
(Race across the tundra: White spruce vs. snowshoe hare, National Science Foundation)
A health/illness/pain management principle specifically directed at the management of pharmacologic agents in maximizing beneficial outcomes and minimizing unfavorable effects.
(Pharmacologic Management, NCI Thesaurus)
The prognosis is usually unfavorable.
(Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia with t(9;22)(q34;q11.2); BCR-ABL1, NCI Thesaurus)
Any unfavorable and unintended sign, symptom, disease, or other medical occurrence with a temporal association with the use of a medical product, procedure or other therapy, or in conjunction with a research study, regardless of causal relationship.
(Adverse event, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
