Read full poem →The extreme indelicacy of this play would, in the present times
furnish ample and most just grounds for the unfavourable reception it
met with from the public. But in the reign of Charles II. many plays
Dictionary Entry
Serving to hinder or oppose; adverse, disadvantageous, inconducive, unsuitable.
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. unfavourableconditions unfavourablecircumstances unfavourableimpression unfavourableweather unfavourableopinion unfavourable
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Poetry examples for “unfavourable”
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Read full poem →With the exception of the _Eclectic_ (March, 1817, N.S., vol. vii. pp.
298-304), the lesser reviews were unfavourable. For instance, the
_Critical Review_ (December, 1816, Series V. vol. iv. pp. 567-581)
Read full poem →Rustic life (above all, low and rustic life) especially
unfavourable to the formation of a human diction-The
best parts of language the product of philosophers, not of
Read full poem →some one, more suspicious than wise, has not
whispered to you something unfavourable concerning
me, which, though you did not give entire credit to it,
Read full poem →To the Rev. John Newton. Unfavourable prospect of the
American war. Nov. 27, 1781 92