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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Filters As with lenses, many filters are available that screw on over the lens and specialize in cutting out certain undesirable effects.
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One 2009 study, for example, found that friends consistently promoted the romantic endeavors of their pals by being an active wingman and shutting out undesirable pursuers.
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For those with children, is relying on their offspring undesirable or impossible?
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Indeed, authors who mobilize the doppelgänger typically construct it with traits that are culturally undesirable or threatening to the status quo.
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Once undesirable and bereft of outside investment, historically black and brown neighborhoods in San Francisco, Oakland, Richmond and other Bay Area cities are now inundated by housing and retail investors.
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Speaking up can also result in negative performance evaluation, undesirable job assignments, or even termination.
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This was where the children whom Nazi practitioners labelled ‘genetically inferior’ were murdered, because they were seen as incapable of social conformity, or had physical or psychological conditions judged undesirable.
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That has left the Europeans in the undesirable position of having to decide whether to call his bluff.
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First Known Use of undesirable
1667
Recent Examples of undesirable from the Web
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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.
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Its effect, however, will give the army complete and absolute jurisdiction over any undesirables in any section of the country.
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Dumanis and her chief opponent, former Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, are certain to be paired up with undesirables by the opposition.
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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