ill-favored

Example Sentences

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The primary character is Marek, a uniquely homely and ill-favored young man.

From New York Times

And she saw the ill-favored one, whose sun-ravaged skin was healing in the citadel’s shade—though he was no more appealing for it.

From Literature

“Someone half clever might dub you Pitch or Scuttle, ill-favored names. Or Slate, a sedentary name. Heaven forbid you end up Blackie, that’s an ill-fitting name for a prince like you.”

From Literature

“His eyes don’t match neither. An ill-favored thing.”

From Literature

They have spread their ill-favored spawn over various of the central states in a veritable flood of imbecility and petty crime.

From Project Gutenberg