desirability
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Synonyms & Antonyms for desirability
Synonyms
advisability, advisableness, desirableness, expedience, expediency, judiciousness, prudence, wisdom
Antonyms
imprudence, inadvisability, inexpedience, inexpediency, injudiciousness, unwisdom
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Their husbands aren’t too shabby in this category, either; Prince Harry ups a product’s desirability by 31.9 percent and Prince William does the same by 27 percent. — Megan Friedman, Harper's BAZAAR, "Kate Middleton Is Even More Influential Than Meghan Markle in the U.S.," 1 Nov. 2018 Meghan Markle was not far behind in second place, increasing a product’s desirability by 35 percent. — Megan Friedman, Harper's BAZAAR, "Kate Middleton Is Even More Influential Than Meghan Markle in the U.S.," 1 Nov. 2018 This makes sense from a business perspective, an environmental perspective, and a desirability perspective. — Allie Holloway, Harper's BAZAAR, "Gabriela Hearst Opens Up About Her Mission to Combine Sustainability with Luxury," 27 Sep. 2018 But there is only up to a 21 percent chance that the woman a man messages will write back, and that number drops as the desirability gap widens. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "Twitter’s case for keeping Alex Jones is falling apart," 10 Aug. 2018 Although vile, the issue here is not solely about sexualizing, projecting and critiquing the desirability of a five-month-old baby, but the perpetuation of colorism. — Yaminah Mayo, Glamour, "Khloé Kardashian Shouldn't Have to 'Block Out' Racist Remarks About True," 20 Sep. 2018 Ski areas often shift the prices in advance, based on desirability of the dates. — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, "Ski areas leverage skiers on pricing," 26 Feb. 2018 In fact, some of these crabs may have had a warm welcome in mind; female ghost crabs initially judge a male’s desirability by his burrow’s entrance. — New York Times, "Ghost on the Beach," 28 June 2018 Pop culture has long reinforced the idea that intelligence and desirability can’t easily coexist in a female character. — Sauleha Kamal, The Atlantic, "The Character Who Made Me Love Brooklyn Nine-Nine," 12 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'desirability.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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