disfavor

Example Sentences

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The program singles out a list of industrial facilities for disfavor, setting a low threshold for the permitting requirements to kick in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

It was the stick he waved around the world to achieve his foreign policy aims, to show favor and disfavor, to offer or withhold exemptions to courtiers.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

This is not exactly in the show’s disfavor.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025

That requires service members of all ranks to be apolitical, deferential, obedient, compliant, and silent, whatever the circumstances and without expectation of compensatory favor or disfavor.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2023

Love Life’s introduction admitted, “The profession of mediumship … was under the ban of public disfavor and suspicion.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock