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Recent Examples of unenviable
Shortly thereafter, Richard took on the unenviable task of telling the siblings that the younger woman’s cancer had likely advanced to stage 3B.
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Charlie Mason, TVLine, 17 Oct. 2024
Glaser’s unenviable job will be to make everybody forget that.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
But Paddington in Peru is burdened with the unenviable task of following up two near-perfect predecessors, Paddington (2014) and Paddington 2 (2017).
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
Starting pitcher Ky Bush was given the unenviable task of ending this stretch of futility in his MLB debut.
—Sam Blum, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
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Charlie Mason, TVLine, 17 Oct. 2024
Glaser’s unenviable job will be to make everybody forget that.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
But Paddington in Peru is burdened with the unenviable task of following up two near-perfect predecessors, Paddington (2014) and Paddington 2 (2017).
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
Starting pitcher Ky Bush was given the unenviable task of ending this stretch of futility in his MLB debut.
—Sam Blum, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenviable
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Economies are just intricate systems set up to do those transformations, and all economically significant energy conversions have (often highly undesirable) environmental impacts.Vaclav Smil, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2024
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His philosophy towards sustainability is about utilizing his specialty in modular textile fashion design to make use of undesirable materials and turn them into desirable objects.Gemma A. Williams, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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But that face is all the better to leer at his creator with, and Ito’s Frankenstein does a wonderful job at capturing a man being chased by his own abominable choices.Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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His new home is a notorious federal jail in New York City known for extreme violence and abominable medical care.Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2024
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After a horrid start to the season, the Bucks have won 12 of their last 15 games.Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
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The Cleveland Browns, amid their horrid season, have sent Cooper to the Buffalo Bills, according to multiple reports.Ryan Morik, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2024
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Different versions of the nude Madonna might show a ghastly object of both fear and desire, or a liberated subject.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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The project looks set to explore the same sense of unease surrounding daily life under Augusto Pinochet sparked by the ghastly deeds carried out by his regime.John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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The second season finds Jeong Jin-soo (Kim Sung-cheol), founder of a religious cult, as one of many back on Earth after a hellish trip, dealing with the ramifications of resurrection.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
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The sequel isn’t totally starved for fresh ideas, conceptual or thematic; for one, the rules governing its hellish setting — a symbolic column of class warfare, like the Snowpiercer flipped on its side — have been tweaked.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2024
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“Unenviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenviable. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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