: 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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Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 1 Aug. 2025
Trading for Suárez, then, would eventually require an undesirable countermove, such as putting Kyle Schwarber back in left field.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 July 2025
Because underground resistance fighters were considered enemies of the state by the communist Polish regime, Pilecki’s surviving family members were treated as undesirables.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2025
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Adjective
The effectiveness of cutting off a common source of some undesirable product is only good if there are no other easy alternatives to switch to.
—Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 1 Aug. 2025
Trading for Suárez, then, would eventually require an undesirable countermove, such as putting Kyle Schwarber back in left field.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
Noun
But behind it, Davenport sees the lurking specter of eugenics, a discredited pseudoscience that proposed the enhancement of the collective gene pool by eliminating undesirables.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 July 2025
Because underground resistance fighters were considered enemies of the state by the communist Polish regime, Pilecki’s surviving family members were treated as undesirables.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2025
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“Undesirable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undesirable. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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