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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The central bank’s favored measure of inflation, the personal-consumption expenditures index, is running at a 3% annual rate.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
Multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones, the band’s founder and leader, synchronized guitars with Keith Richards, who favored a distinctive slashing and stinging style.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
Two that the secretary mentioned: negotiating most favored nation drug pricing with 16 large pharmaceutical companies and bringing health insurance CEOs “to the table to reform prior authorizations.”
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
The findings showed that mice strongly favored carbohydrate-rich foods and stopped eating their standard chow altogether.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
Here Mia and I were, Number Twenty-Six and Number Twenty-Seven, the two least favored children from the orphanage, and we were now beloved by our mama and papa.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
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