“Unfavorable” or “Unfavourable”

Language

Unfavorable and unfavourable are both English terms.

Usage

Unfavorable is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while unfavourable is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term	US	UK	India	Philippines	Canada	Australia	Liberia	Ireland	New Zealand	Jamaica	Trinidad & Tobago	Guyana
unfavorable	99	20	35	94	50	19	0	20	18	0	0	0
unfavourable	1	80	65	6	50	81	0	80	82	0	0	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "unfavorable" over "unfavourable" (99 to 1).
• In the United Kingdom, there is a 80 to 20 preference for "unfavourable" over "unfavorable".
• In India, there is a 65 to 35 preference for "unfavourable" over "unfavorable".
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "unfavorable" over "unfavourable" (94 to 6).
• In Canada, there is no clear preference between "unfavorable" and "unfavourable", with usage levels of 50 vs. 50.
• In Australia, there is a 81 to 19 preference for "unfavourable" over "unfavorable".
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "unfavorable" and "unfavourable".
• In Ireland, there is a 80 to 20 preference for "unfavourable" over "unfavorable".
• In New Zealand, there is a 82 to 18 preference for "unfavourable" over "unfavorable".
• In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "unfavorable" and "unfavourable".
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "unfavorable" and "unfavourable".
• In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "unfavorable" and "unfavourable".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use unfavorable or unfavourable with sample sentences.

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