misfavoured

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Adjective

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misfavoured (comparative more misfavoured, superlative most misfavoured)

  1. Alternative form of misfavored
    • 1868, Robert Buchanan, “James the First of Scotland, A Tragedy”, in Tragic Dramas From History, page 126:
      A more misruly, more misfavoured rabble Swarmed from the filth of the back wynds and closes I ne'er set eyes upon.
    • 1963, The Twentieth Century, page 150:
      We could now usually make love to our parents, our siblings and our children without giving rise to misfavoured offspring, because we could do so without giving rise to offspring at all.

Verb

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misfavoured

  1. simple past and past participle of misfavour