Definition of DESIRABILITY

Examples of desirability in a Sentence

the desirability of immortality becomes a little less certain after some consideration of the consequences

Recent Examples on the Web

Since then, economists have been debating the proposal’s practicality and desirability. — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, "The Growing Debate Over Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax," 12 Sep. 2019 Fortunately, the previous owners have also carefully updated the home, further enhancing its desirability. — courant.com, "Property of the Week: 215 South Main Street, West Hartford," 28 June 2019 Those items were scored to create a desirability index. — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, "Denver only city to get top props from Boomers, Gen Xers and millennials in survey," 10 Aug. 2019 That doesn’t mean some teams aren’t advantaged in terms of financial wherewithal and available salary cap space, or desirability as a place to live, or are located in states without a state income tax, and so on. — Michael Mccann, SI.com, "Could Teams Clearly Ignoring Free Agency Tampering Rules Be a Problem for NBA?," 1 July 2019 Still, Gersen argues that the proliferation of copycat Chanel bags also helped to cement the desirability of the 2.55 globally. — Ephrat Livni, Quartzy, "Every invention you use has one thing in common," 18 June 2019 Firms selling goods and services need to tell consumers about the availability and desirability of their wares, and spend on advertising to do so. — The Economist, "Advertising may make people miserable, but it still has its uses," 6 June 2019 Although the Chevrolet Corvette C4 hasn't yet risen to the same heights of collector desirability as say, the Porsche 911 S/C and 911 Carrera of the same era, its day in the sun is definitely on the horizon. — Andrew Wendler, Car and Driver, "1988 Chevrolet Corvette C4 Callaway Twin-Turbo Four-Speed Is a High-Performance Love Letter from the '80s," 15 May 2019 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

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