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ill-favored

[il-fey-verd] / ˈɪlˈfeɪ vərd /
ADJECTIVE
unattractive
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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

The dead man was one of Ramsay’s favorites, the squat, scrofulous, ill-favored man-at-arms called Yellow Dick.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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