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dis fay ver

  • n  the state of being out of favor
    he is in disfavor with the king
  • n  an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
  • v  put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm

  • This suggests strongly that only selected princelings--the egregiously corrupt or those in political disfavor--will have to worry about unwanted sunshine coming into their .
  • All this growth and commotion at Las Vegas the Federal Government eyed with stern disfavor.
  • When women get their hate on, they don't just dislike, or find disfavor with, or sort of not really appreciate.
News & Articles

  • Things To Do During a Piloted Venus/Mars/Venus Flyby Mission (1968)
    From 1962 to 1967, NASA studied piloted Mars/Venus flybys as a possible interim step between Apollo lunar missions in the 1960s and piloted Mars landing missions in the 1980s. In February 1967, however, the flyby concept fell into disfavor following criticism by the President's Science Advisory Committee. In August 1967, Congress eliminated all funds for piloted flyby studies from the Fiscal ...
    June 17, 2013 - Wired News
Quotes

  • Arlen Specter in New York Times (blog)
    Senators must be willing to cross the aisle and work with their colleagues even at the peril of disfavor of their own political party,Mr. Specter said on the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon.
  • Kevin Martin in TMCnet
    By requiring interconnected VoIP providers to contribute to the fund, the FCC is furthering the principle of competitive neutrality,Martin said. "It requires us to ensure that our universal service rules do not unfairly favor nor disfavor...
  • John Bolton in WorldNetDaily
    All these things can be handled by talks, according to Obama. But when it is necessary to resort to force or self defense, Obama would look on in disfavor,Bolton said.

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