as in undesirable
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Recent Examples of unenviable
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.
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Adam Digby, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Who were once dominant in both championships suddenly found themselves in an unenviable position, with Norris closing in on Verstappen in the standings and McLaren having already surpassed the Milton Keynes squad in the championship to become the constructors’ leaders for the first time since 2014.
—Yara Elshebiny, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Intel hasn't had an easy time trying to break into the GPU market, though, with the unenviable task of optimizing drivers for hundreds of games to compete with AMD and Nvidia.
—Antony Leather, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Part of the problem was that the Ravens often put themselves in unenviable positions because of penalties or other mistakes.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Nov. 2024
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Adam Digby, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Who were once dominant in both championships suddenly found themselves in an unenviable position, with Norris closing in on Verstappen in the standings and McLaren having already surpassed the Milton Keynes squad in the championship to become the constructors’ leaders for the first time since 2014.
—Yara Elshebiny, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Intel hasn't had an easy time trying to break into the GPU market, though, with the unenviable task of optimizing drivers for hundreds of games to compete with AMD and Nvidia.
—Antony Leather, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Part of the problem was that the Ravens often put themselves in unenviable positions because of penalties or other mistakes.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unenviable
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Embracing Automation There’s currently a shortage of 10 million labor jobs in the U.S., many of which are unsafe or undesirable.—
Mark Johnson,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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With the loss, the Vikings settled for the undesirable distinction of having the most wins for a wild-card team in league history.—
Colton Pouncy,
The Athletic,
5 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
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So Fleury, sick as heck, was forced to back up, which also meant Gustavsson had to survive all 60 minutes of his second consecutive horrid outing.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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So read the book now before the paperback gets one of those horrid movie-poster covers.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2025
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The ghastly damage to my neighborhood was a complete shock.—
James R. Riffel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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When Maria returns home and visitors arrive, Jesús is forced to reckon with the ghastly horror in their midst.—
Erik Piepenburg,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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Even though Ciara and Nikki catch some of the votes, Bob the Drag Queen is banished from the game after that hellish Traitor-on-Traitor violence.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
16 Jan. 2025
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But an indie Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, or even Skate, this is not: Eng is whisking us off to the nine hellish layers of the underworld to complete a series of fiendish skateboarding trials.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
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