unfavorably
adverb
US(UKunfavourably)us/ʌnˈfeɪ.vɚ.ə.bli/uk/ʌnˈfeɪ.vər.ə.bli/in a way that does not give you anadvantageor a goodchanceofsuccess:
Thesalariescompareunfavorably to otherfieldsofwork.
It was only asmallcountry, unfavorablysituated, with anindifferentsoil.
in anegativeway thatshowsthat you do not like something:
You mightlookat herhomeroutineandcompareit very unfavorably with mybusyjobin thecity.
I willlookunfavorably atpeoplewho can't bebotheredtoturnup topractice.
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unfavorable
- They wereaskedwhether theyfeltthey had beentreatedunfavorably in any way.
- Hisleadershipislikelyto beviewedunfavorably by thePentagon.
- Thenursesused to make afussof them andcompareus unfavorably to them.
Useless and futile
- a mug's gameidiom
- adrift
- aimless
- aimlessly
- aimlessness
- airy-fairy
- frivolousness
- fruitless
- fruitlessly
- fruitlessness
- futile
- negate
- negation
- no goodidiom
- non-viable
- unrealistically
- untilyou areblue in the faceidiom
- unviability
- unviable
- unwieldy