favored

[ fey-verd ]

adjective

1. regarded or treated with preference or partiality:

   Her beauty made her the favored child.

2. enjoying special advantages; privileged:

   to be born into the favored classes.

3. of specified appearance (usually used in combination):

   ill-favored.

Other Words From

• favored·ly adverb
• favored·ness noun
• non·favored adjective
• un·favored adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of favored¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, favored is from the Middle English word favo(u)red. See favor, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Doubted once more, his team favored to lose in every betting line, there’s nowhere Foster would rather be.

From Los Angeles Times

In any contest to name the cruelest and most useless healthcare “reform” favored by Republicans and conservatives, it would be hard to beat the idea of applying work requirements to Medicaid.

From Los Angeles Times

The more hands-off approach favored by Trump could aid such medical device developers.

From Los Angeles Times

“Permanently posting the Ten Commandments in every Louisiana public-school classroom—rendering them unavoidable—unconstitutionally pressures students into religious observance, veneration, and adoption of the state’s favored religious scripture,” the parents wrote in their court filing.

From Salon

They indeed won’t have much time to ponder a game in which they had all their offensive weapons complementing their frenetic young defense, a game in which they were properly favored and should have won.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• preferred
• recommended
• selected