unfavorableness

'In thick mist, and under strong appearance of a settled rain (which however did not happen) I set out about 7 o'clock, for the purpose above mentioned, but from the unfavorableness of the day, I derived no great satisfaction from the review.

A Portrait of Old George Town Grace Dunlop Peter

God is neither an entity nor an ideal, but always a relation of entity to ideal: _reality regarded from the stand-point of its favorableness or unfavorableness to human life, and prescribing for the latter the propriety of a certain attitude_.

The Approach to Philosophy Ralph Barton Perry 1916

I have selected and isolated my plants during five succeeding generations, but without any further result, the percentage of twisted stems fluctuating between 30 and about 45 according to the size of the cultures and the favorableness or unfavorableness of the weather.

Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891

We baptized it Aloysia, in the name of your most illustrious mother; [5] not anchoring there on account of the unfavorableness of the weather.

Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 Various 1885

Notwithstanding the unfavorableness of the late impressions, it is believed the New York elections, which are over, will give us two or three republicans more than we now have.

Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 Thomas Jefferson 1784