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Recent Examples of unenviable
For a school that plays the part with unenviable periodicity, this one might be the hardest.
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Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
More minutes should follow in the States, even if Mbaye has the unenviable task of trying to break into one of Europe’s most devastating attacking tridents.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Maron plays Chuck Plotkin, the producer with the unenviable task of mastering the rocker's lo-fi approach to Nebraska.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 18 June 2025
Colliton has enjoyed significant AHL success across stints in Rockford and Abbotsford, and served as the Blackhawks’ head coach for nearly three seasons from 2018-2021, while being put in the unenviable position of replacing Joel Quenneville following his dismissal in November 2018.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
More minutes should follow in the States, even if Mbaye has the unenviable task of trying to break into one of Europe’s most devastating attacking tridents.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Maron plays Chuck Plotkin, the producer with the unenviable task of mastering the rocker's lo-fi approach to Nebraska.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 18 June 2025
Colliton has enjoyed significant AHL success across stints in Rockford and Abbotsford, and served as the Blackhawks’ head coach for nearly three seasons from 2018-2021, while being put in the unenviable position of replacing Joel Quenneville following his dismissal in November 2018.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenviable
Adjective
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Given the uncertainty and potential for family conflict, litigation, and undesirable outcomes, perhaps a more robust technique can be integrated into your documents.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Music can also lead to some undesirable outcomes, particularly when combined with alcohol.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
Adjective
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The victory snapped a five-game skid but more importantly put an end to an abominable 11-game Royals home losing streak all in the month of June.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
28 June 2025
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To fund Geneviève’s idea, she’s arranged for cash from an abominable source: Crispin Shamblee (Simon Callow), a fellow dance devotee with a limitless checkbook and zero morals.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Mets showed that their horrid stretch lasting nearly three weeks may indeed be behind them by battering the wobbly Yankees, 12-6.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
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The Players believe that the reward—life-changing money—is worth the impossible odds and horrid violence, and many express a desire to remain in a contest that dangles hope in front of them.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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The market is just full of butcher shops, with the most ghastly whole pigs and halves of steers hanging from horrible hooks.—
John Updike,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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Regretfully, my brother—probably the only person who might’ve been able to look past my cowboy getup and glue-on horseshoe moustache and ghastly wax-like exterior—was being punished at home for stealing cigarettes.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
18 June 2025
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After the discovery of Venus' true nature, when a planet thought to be a swampy, humid world was revealed as a hellish place of intense pressure and searing temperatures, Mars seemed almost welcoming.—
Rod Pyle,
Space.com,
14 July 2025
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Badwater is renowned not just for its distance but for its hellish conditions, with temperatures often soaring above 120 degrees and runners reporting hallucinations, blood blisters and feet swollen three sizes beyond normal.—
James Rainey
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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“Unenviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenviable. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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