Meanings
adjectiveunfancied (comparative more unfancied, superlative most unfancied)
comparative more unfancied · superlative most unfancied
- hobbiesNot predicted to win or succeed.
Scotland were lucky to be level at half-time after their unfancied hosts missed a series of good chances.
2021 October 12, Jamie Lyall, “Faroe Islands 0-1 Scotland”, in BBC Sport1 more example
One of the most memorable World Cup runs of the more recent television era was that by the unfancied North Koreans in 1966, well before Havelange's ascendancy.
1994, John Sugden, Alan Tomlinson, Hosts and champions, page 24
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishfancied
- Englishunfancied
Cite this entry
APA
unfancied. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfancied
MLA
“unfancied.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfancied. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfancied,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfancied.
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