unfavourable comparison

collocation in English

meaningsofunfavourableandcomparison

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unfavourable
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈfeɪ.vər.ə.bəl/us
/ʌnˈfeɪ.vɚ.ə.bəl/
not giving you an advantage or a good chance ...
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comparison
noun[C or U]
uk
/kəmˈpær.ɪ.sən/us
/kəmˈper.ɪ.sən/
the act of comparing two or more people ...
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(Definition ofunfavourableandcomparisonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I wish to draw attention to anunfavourablecomparisonwith how research might have been reorganised.
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This is an extremely inadequate andunfavourablecomparisonfor this country to have to sustain.
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It is only in this country that there is anunfavourablecomparisonwith the figure of 1914.
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The onlyunfavourablecomparisonis the age of its population.
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That would be equivalent roughly to about £70 million, which makes anunfavourablecomparisonon our side, namely a saving of £3½ million, in this country.
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There is no ground for theunfavourablecomparisonbetween the control exercised over raw materials allocated to beer production in this war and in the last war.
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That is a veryunfavourablecomparison.
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A very simple calculation will make it clear that on the basis of £50 per head this country suffered very much and presented a veryunfavourablecomparisonwith continental countries.
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Those of us who design electronic instruments, and are sometimes faced with unfavourable comparisons to acoustic instruments, should perhaps take comfort in this particular comparison.
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I could not but make unfavourable comparisons of that kind.
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The trend of it has only confirmed the fact that what is gnawing at the very vitals of the nation is widespread, unfavourable comparisons.
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Over the years, unfavourable comparisons have been made with our continental competitors.
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The loss of our regional grant status could incur unfavourable comparisons and weaken the case for our 1985 capital programme, as well as in subsequent years.
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They might even draw unfavourable comparisons between the quality of the beer sold and the furnishings and equipment of the new licensed premises and those of the old.
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