: one that is undesirable
Examples of undesirable in a Sentence
Adjective
The drug has some undesirable side effects.
This may have undesirable consequences.
Frankly, it's an undesirable and unpleasant job.
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Mark Dent, HubSpot, 8 May 2026
The free market allows discovery of best ways to inhibit and punish undesirable behavior — ways politicians and bureaucrats could never discover.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
John Hopewell, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
The undesirables who entered our country illegally, then committed some crime, were defended by protests against federal law enforcement.
—Roger Van Zanen, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
In Japan, most homes fully depreciate after a few decades, making older houses largely undesirable.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 8 May 2026
The free market allows discovery of best ways to inhibit and punish undesirable behavior — ways politicians and bureaucrats could never discover.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Noun
And so our ward, New Hyde, becomes a sort of metaphor for all the ways in which society disappears its undesirables.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
The undesirables who entered our country illegally, then committed some crime, were defended by protests against federal law enforcement.
—Roger Van Zanen, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Undesirable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undesirable. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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