as in unpleasant
bad, harmful, or unpleasant
The drug has some undesirable side effects. This decision may have undesirable consequences.
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Recent Examples of undesirable
Heightened beta waves in these areas, Saez points out, are usually correlated with undesirable mental states, such as depression and anxiety.
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2025
Florida jobs Florida’s efforts to crack down on employers who hire undocumented immigrants have presented a problem for businesses: not enough workers willing to fill low-wage and often undesirable jobs.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate for workers to fill low-wage and often undesirable jobs.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
That means something really troubling and undesirable for physicists.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Mar. 2025
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2025
Florida jobs Florida’s efforts to crack down on employers who hire undocumented immigrants have presented a problem for businesses: not enough workers willing to fill low-wage and often undesirable jobs.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate for workers to fill low-wage and often undesirable jobs.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
That means something really troubling and undesirable for physicists.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undesirable
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As horrible, unpleasant, miserable this work was, people had the most wonderful spirit.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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Euphemisms are designed to obfuscate unpleasant truths.—
Zachariah Mampilly,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This helps control unwanted greenery and provides nutrients to promote spring growth.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2025
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The pest controller spends his days criss-crossing Britain’s second-largest city to remove rats, cockroaches and other unwanted creatures from people’s homes.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Some veterans have impressed at the midpoint of coach Mike Norvell's spring-practice rebuilding as FSU aims to recover from last year's horrible campaign.—
Bob Ferrante,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2025
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But then two horrible shifts by the Wild turned the game upside down in the blink of an eye.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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His other performances included as Robert De Niro’s nasty henchman in Michael Mann’s Heat (1995); as Marlon Brando’s insane assistant in John Frankenheimer’s The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) and as the suave crook Simon Templar in Phillip Noyce’s The Saint (1997).—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2025
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The veteran forward took a nasty fall with 3:21 left in the fourth quarter, landed hard on his tailbone, and spent minutes down on the court surrounded by teammates and coaches.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Undesirable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undesirable. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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