as in undesirable
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Recent Examples of unenviable
Combined, the figures give Biden, who has just two weeks left of his term, an unenviable net positive rating of -35.
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
To be sure, Nicholas’s inheritance was an unenviable one.
—Tim Bouverie, airmail.news, 14 Dec. 2024
The minority party is left with the unenviable job of trying to thwart the majority.
—Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Dec. 2024
Juventus fail to capitalise on another lead Juventus meanwhile were still undefeated, albeit with an unenviable record of nine draws in their opening 15 games of the season and with a lengthy list of absentees.
—Adam Digby, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
To be sure, Nicholas’s inheritance was an unenviable one.
—Tim Bouverie, airmail.news, 14 Dec. 2024
The minority party is left with the unenviable job of trying to thwart the majority.
—Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Dec. 2024
Juventus fail to capitalise on another lead Juventus meanwhile were still undefeated, albeit with an unenviable record of nine draws in their opening 15 games of the season and with a lengthy list of absentees.
—Adam Digby, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenviable
Adjective
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Seeing her thick curly hair as something undesirable and taboo she, like many Black woman, tried to tame it and fit into the old American beauty mold of straight and manageable.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2025
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Cowboys now own longest NFC championship game drought: The Commanders are in the NFC title game for the first time since the 1991 season, meaning their longtime rivals now are owners of an undesirable streak.—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
20 Jan. 2025
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Essay The Agony and the Ecstasy of the West Edmonton Mall Max Fawcett On learning to love the abominable mix of Soviet brutalism and unrelenting American capitalism around which Edmonton revolves.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
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The clear attempt to further divide our country was abominable.—
Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
8 Mar. 2024
Adjective
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With no evidence and with no proof, President Trump recklessly and outrageously blamed Wednesday night’s horrid mid-air collision in Washington on his all-encompassing boogeyman of diversity, equity and inclusion.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2025
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Indian stocks appear to be recovering from their horrid start to the year.—
Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The circulating air currents of the cave then carry those spores to find new potential hosts, and the ghastly cycle begins again.—
Michael Irving,
New Atlas,
2 Feb. 2025
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America’s least godly president went to church surrounded by his most ardent supporters, still unrepentant for ghastly sins against our republic, most notably his inspiration of the Jan. 6 insurrection that attempted to overthrow an election in 2020.—
David Mastio,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Shows such as Stranger Things and Buffy the Vampire Slayer settled on the trope of a hellish world reachable only through science-fiction portals.—
K. Austin Collins,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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Precisely who Trump wants to punish appears secondary to his delight in releasing precisely those hellish dogs.—
Rachel Hadas,
The Conversation,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Unenviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unenviable. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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