ungünstig

I Adj. Bedingungen etc.: unfavo(u)rable; Termin etc.: inconvenient; Zeitpunkt: auch inopportune; Foto, Frisur etc.: unflattering; (unglücklich) unfortunate; bei ungünstigem Wetter if the weather is bad

II Adv.: du stehst hier ungünstig you haven’t picked a very good place to stand; die Chancen stehen ungünstig / nicht ungünstig the odds are not in our favo(u)r / in our favo(u)r; ungünstig angezogen sein wear s.th. that does nothing for one (oder that does not show one off to best advantage); jemandem ungünstig gesinnt sein geh. be ill-disposed toward(s) s.o.

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contrary; untoward; inconvenient; unfriendly; unfavourable; adverse; unpropitious; unfavorable; inauspicious; disadvantageous

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ụn|güns|tig

adj

unfavourable (Brit), unfavorable (US); Auswirkungen, Entwicklung undesirable; Termin inconvenient; Augenblick, Wetter bad; Licht unflattering

im ungünstigsten Fall — if (the) worst comes to (the) worst

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1) adversely

2) (unfavourable: adverse criticism.) adverse

3) ((of a debt) not likely to be paid: The firm loses money every year from bad debts.) bad

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un·güns·tig

[ˈʊngʏnstɪç]

adj Augenblick, Zeit, Zeitpunkt inopportune, inconvenient; Wetter inclement

in einem \ungünstigen Licht (fig) to appear in an unfavourable [or AM -or-] light fig

Sie kommen in einem \ungünstigen Augenblick you've come at a very inopportune moment

▪ [für jdn/etw] \ungünstig sein to be inconvenient [for sb]/unfavourable [for sth]; s.a. Fall

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1.

Adjektiv

1) unfavourable; unfavourable, poor <climate, weather>; (unglücklich) unfortunate <consequence>; unfortunate, bad <shape, layout>; (unvorteilhaft) unfavourable, unflattering <light, perspective, impression>; unflattering <cut of dress>; inconvenient <position>; (schädlich) harmful <effect>

2) (unpassend) inconvenient <time>; (ungeeignet) inappropriate, inconvenient <time, place>; unsuitable <colour etc.>

2.

adverbial

1) unfavourably; badly <designed, laid out>; (unvorteilhaft) unflatteringly <cut>

sich ungünstig auswirken — have a harmful effect

2) (unpassend, ungeeignet) inconveniently

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ungünstig

A. adj Bedingungen etc: unfavo(u)rable; Termin etc: inconvenient; Zeitpunkt: auch inopportune; Foto, Frisur etc: unflattering; (unglücklich) unfortunate;

bei ungünstigem Wetter if the weather is bad

B. adv:

du stehst hier ungünstig you haven’t picked a very good place to stand;

die Chancen stehen ungünstig/nicht ungünstig the odds are not in our favo(u)r/in our favo(u)r;

ungünstig angezogen sein wear sth that does nothing for one (oder that does not show one off to best advantage);

jemandem ungünstig gesinnt sein geh be ill-disposed toward(s) sb

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1.

Adjektiv

1) unfavourable; unfavourable, poor <climate, weather>; (unglücklich) unfortunate <consequence>; unfortunate, bad <shape, layout>; (unvorteilhaft) unfavourable, unflattering <light, perspective, impression>; unflattering <cut of dress>; inconvenient <position>; (schädlich) harmful <effect>

2) (unpassend) inconvenient <time>; (ungeeignet) inappropriate, inconvenient <time, place>; unsuitable <colour etc.>

2.

adverbial

1) unfavourably; badly <designed, laid out>; (unvorteilhaft) unflatteringly <cut>

sich ungünstig auswirken — have a harmful effect

2) (unpassend, ungeeignet) inconveniently

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(für) adj.

unfavorable (for)

(US) adj.

unfavourable (for)

(UK) adj. adj.

awkward adj.

inauspicious adj.

unpropitious adj. adv.

inauspiciously adv.

unfavorably (US) adv.

unfavorably adv.

unfavourably (UK) adv.