out of favour

prepositional phrase

No longer in favour, having lost approval, support or popularity.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase

alternative out of favor

  1. UKNo longer in favour, having lost approval, support or popularity.

    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.

    2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 66

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with out of favour

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Cite this entry
APA

out of favour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20favour

MLA

“out of favour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20favour. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out of favour,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20favour.

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