: one that is undesirable
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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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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
However, undesirable and unflattering information occasionally gets out and circulated, as was the case when a missile struck an Iranian elementary school.
—Andrea Hickerson, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026
Roger Van Zanen, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2026
Public schooling here has always been a case of the haves and have-nots, the desirables and undesirables.
—Eder I. Aguilar, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
University of Vermont associate professor and historian Lutz Kaelber estimated that roughly 20,000 people in California deemed undesirable were forcibly sterilized until 1964 due to eugenics policies.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
However, undesirable and unflattering information occasionally gets out and circulated, as was the case when a missile struck an Iranian elementary school.
—Andrea Hickerson, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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
Public schooling here has always been a case of the haves and have-nots, the desirables and undesirables.
—Eder I. Aguilar, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026
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“Undesirable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undesirable. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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