out of favour

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

Prepositional phrase

out of favour

1. (British spelling) No longer in favour, having lost approval, support or popularity.
   • 2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 66:

     The Western Region was far more in the doldrums, with two types of incompatible motive power: out-of-favour vacuum-braked diesel-hydraulics and incompatible diesel electrics - a changeover policy which also affected the ability to introduce brand new coaching stock.

Alternative forms

• out of favor

References

• “out of favour”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.