favored
Americanadjective
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regarded or treated with preference or partiality.
Her beauty made her the favored child.
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enjoying special advantages; privileged.
to be born into the favored classes.
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of specified appearance (usually used in combination).
ill-favored.
Other Word Forms
- favoredly adverb
- favoredness noun
- nonfavored adjective
- unfavored adjective
Etymology
Origin of favored
First recorded in 1350–1400, favored is from the Middle English word favo(u)red. See favor, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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One possibility is that the companies could be split up, an outcome favored by critics.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
The findings showed that mice strongly favored carbohydrate-rich foods and stopped eating their standard chow altogether.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
Other nations historically have favored tariffs, but in the early 2000s, the United States worked on “dragging these other countries into this more pro-free-trade dynamic,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
"I love having the livestream available, and I also think it's cool that they use Twitch," Roethler said, referring to a video streamer site favored by gamers.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
Some nights he favored button-down shirts with clip-on ties, while other evenings I arrived to find him dressed in flared slacks and snug turtleneck sweaters, a swag of love beads hanging from, his neck.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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