Definition of undesirable
: not desirable : unwanted
- undesirable side effects
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Examples of undesirable in a Sentence
The drug has some undesirable side effects.
This may have undesirable consequences.
Frankly, it's an undesirable and unpleasant job.
Recent Examples of undesirable from the Web
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The Heat has 11 players under contract for 2018-19 who are due $120 million (including a couple undesirable deals).
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Little children are completely unconcerned about the state of the kitchen floor, and their coordination might propel ingredients toward undesirable locations.
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Winemakers are starting to set up in Brittany, France's northwesternmost region, which previously was undesirable because of Atlantic wind, rain and lack of sunshine.
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Children’s tattling is often viewed as an undesirable behavior.
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Vagrancy laws recast former black slaves as vagrants in order to control or eject them from places they were deemed undesirable.
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Here on the ground in Israel, anti-normalization is quite undesirable.
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The better the filter, the less sediment there will be at the end, which adds a gritty mouthfeel to your coffee, which is undesirable to many.
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Approaching controversial, comprehensive legislation is generally considered extremely difficult, or undesirable, in an election year, and Republicans are vulnerable in the House this November.
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First Known Use of undesirable
1667
Recent Examples of undesirable from the Web
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Soon enough Como added bicycles and motorcycles and even random pedestrians to his list of undesirables.
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Rohingya, treated as undesirables in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar and denied citizenship, used to flee by sea by the thousands each year until security in Myanmar was tightened after a surge of refugees in 2015 caused regional alarm.
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The diversity lottery is full of immigrants picked by their governments, in order to get rid of undesirables. Bonkers.
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Rohingya, treated as undesirables and denied citizenship in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, used to flee by sea by the thousands each year until security in Myanmar was tightened after a surge of refugees in 2015 caused regional alarm.
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There, infertile women, resisters, and other undesirables (including a character played by Marisa Tomei) are enslaved and forced to clean up radioactive and toxic waste.
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Rohingya, treated as undesirables in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, used to flee by sea by the thousands each year until security in Myanmar was tightened after an upsurge of refugees in 2015 caused regional concern.
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Rohingya, treated as undesirables in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, used to flee by sea by the thousands each year.
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But when applied to the mentally ill and other undesirables, the euthanasia movement became tied to the eugenics movement.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'undesirable.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of undesirable
1883
UNDESIRABLE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of undesirable for English Language Learners
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: bad, harmful, or unpleasant : not worth having or getting : not desirable
UNDESIRABLE Defined for Kids
Definition of undesirable for Students
: having qualities that are not pleasing or wanted
- an undesirable effect
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