: 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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Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
In 1924, Calvin Coolidge signed the Johnson-Reed Act, which essentially banned immigration from the continents of Asia and Africa while also severely restricting immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe (then considered undesirable).
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2026
Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2025
Among this fast-growing class of undesirables was Loktev’s friend Anna Nemzer, a talk-show host for TV Rain (and a co-director on the film).
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Throughout the series, characters in bigger bodies are depicted as abject, undesirable, and ill.
—Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
In 1924, Calvin Coolidge signed the Johnson-Reed Act, which essentially banned immigration from the continents of Asia and Africa while also severely restricting immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe (then considered undesirable).
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2026
Noun
Journalists and outlets reporting actual news were officially labeled foreign agents or undesirables, with that designation required to scroll under their television and online content.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2025
Among this fast-growing class of undesirables was Loktev’s friend Anna Nemzer, a talk-show host for TV Rain (and a co-director on the film).
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Undesirable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undesirable. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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