ill-favored
Example Sentences
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Adams was a balding curmudgeon from Massachusetts—brainy, argumentative and physically ill-favored.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The primary character is Marek, a uniquely homely and ill-favored young man.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2022
Nd8!, cheekily squatting on the Black queen’s home square and winning the ill-favored Black c-pawn after all.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 23, 2021
And there came out against me a certain ill-favored Egyptian with his helpers, to fight with me.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019
Balekin’s servants are rumored to be the latter, ill-favored and worse-treated.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
