"unfavourable position" is correct and usable in written English.
It is generally used to describe a situation that has gone in a bad direction or is not going the way it was expected to go. For example: "The company found itself unable to compete with its competitors due to an unfavourable position in the market."
From that unfavourable position, a minute and a half into a round he was losing, he unleashed a furious attack of around forty unanswered blows.
The colt, who had already given his trainer Clive Cox the first Group One success of his career when taking the Prix Morny earlier in the season, was allowed to get across to the stands' rail from an unfavourable position in stall two and relished the role, rallying when challenged to hold off fellow 9-4 joint-favourite Moohaajim by a neck.
As mentioned before, this might set children of immigrants into an unfavourable position.
These types of cargo require faster, more reliable, door-to-door services and where rail traditionally has an unfavourable position.
The strength of the shear connector placed in the unfavourable position increased by as much as 30% when the sheeting thickness was increased.
The load–slip behaviour of the studs in the unfavourable position was more ductile than the studs in the favourable position, with slip of 2 4 times higher.
Because Prussian reconnaissance was faulty and Benedek was searching for better ground, both forces joined battle on July 3 from unfavourable positions.
It should be noted that the testing method of the standard push-out tests recommended in EN 1994-1-1 is andpted, and headed shear studs are installed in either "favourable" or "unfavourable" positions of decking troughs.
From a biomechanical and ergonomic perspective, the present identified associations are likely to represent different underlying active mechanisms, which could be either individual (such as lifting from ergonomically unfavourable positions) or factors embedded in the marine occupation that were not identified or included in this study.
The battlecruisers under my command found themselves, in view of the prevailing [East-North-East] wind, in the windward position and so in an unfavourable situation from the outset".
Broadly speaking, Nordic and Anglo-Saxon economies have the systems with the best equilibrium, while Continental and Mediterranean economies tend to be placed in an unfavourable intermediate position.
