adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a difficult/unfavourable climate
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The economic situation created an unfavourable climate for investment.
a favourable/unfavourable comparison (= in which one thing or person is judged to be better/worse than another )
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My family was always making unfavourable comparisons between me and my older brother.
a favourable/unfavourable outcome
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Considerable progress has been made towards a favourable outcome.
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Discontinuing treatment too early may result in an unfavourable outcome.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
impression
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Within seconds visual behaviours are sending signals which create a favourable or an unfavourable impression .
publicity
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For example, the modifications could be carried out badly, resulting in unfavourable publicity for the software company.
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Following widespread unfavourable publicity , Grand Lodge decided to redefine its rules on public relations in 1984.
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The political activities of members of Özal's family, especially of his wife Semra Özal, had also received unfavourable publicity .
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A great deal of fervent and unfavourable publicity was heaped upon the papacy as a result of this issue.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Despite an unfavourable business environment, the stock market remained steady.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A less liquid market could have unfavourable effects on the cost of raising capital.
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And planning certainly proved incapable of maintaining accumulation once conditions became unfavourable .
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For the Republicans, it was a defensive struggle for democracy, against increasingly unfavourable odds.
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He was now encumbered with a record that the voters generally regarded in an unfavourable light.
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The second interpretation is that the economic outcomes, unfavourable as well as favourable, have been a consequence of the government's policies.
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Very often this is combined with an option to take money instead should bill rates be unfavourable .