How to Use unenviable in a Sentence

unenviable

adjective

• The cast is left to do the unenviable heavy lifting of finding any depth in their roles.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2022
• Sharma’s unenviable job is to trim the fat before this whole thing blows up.
  — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
• An unenviable assignment, even for a team that seems to have it all.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
• Brown now had the unenviable and unimaginable task of telling his team.
  — Brian Robin, Oc Register, 2 Dec. 2025
• Britain has become a member of an unenviable club.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 23 June 2026
• In the end, the defense lawyers had the unenviable task of getting a jury past a video that the whole world had seen.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2021
• Two men, one of them with the unenviable task of interpreter, look on — one amused, the other awe-struck.
  — Adam Bradley, New York Times, 17 June 2021
• Utah is in the unenviable position of not being a top target for free agents.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2025
• Ross has the unenviable task of trying to win games with a roster fit for Triple A.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2021
• Everything that came after had the unenviable task of living up to it.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 13 May 2021
• The unenviable task of the opening verse with some vocal juggernauts to come.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2021
• Dillingham now faces the unenviable task of motivating a team with no reward at the end.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 27 Aug. 2023
• That leaves middle-of-the-pack ones like Kroger in an unenviable position.
  — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 15 June 2023
• Young found himself in the unenviable position of sitting around and just waiting to see if his score was good enough.
  — Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026
• This puts the new Sullivan/Hafley regime in an unenviable spot.
  — Greg Cote april 30, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
• Already in penalty kill, UW was put in the unenviable spot of being two-men down.
  — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2022
• Masters is, in many ways, in an unenviable position.
  — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
• Sewell had the unenviable task throughout the first half of trying to stop Hendrickson.
  — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 17 Oct. 2021
• Eaglecrest is the next team up with the unenviable task of trying to slow down the Creek juggernaut.
  — Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
• Oleksandr is aware of the unenviable task of holding the Russians at bay, but thinks his troops have a skill that others don’t.
  — Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
• Some find themselves in the unenviable position of being one of the few (or the only) speakers of their mother tongue.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 21 Feb. 2017
• This news leaves the Merseyside club in the unenviable position of still having to find a new number one ahead of the new season.
  — SI.com, 23 June 2018
• Not having Brad Marchand, who could miss the first two months because of double hip surgery, is an unenviable way for a coach to start.
  — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
• And leave the prickly, prissy, petulant Scot somewhere on the side of the road in an unenviable neighborhood.
  — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 12 Apr. 2018
• But both groups share the unenviable position of not being paid until the government reopens.
  — Mike Lillis, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
• Williams, fair or not, has been anointed as the guy with the unenviable task of replacing Alex Barcello.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Oct. 2022
• That forced a switch, once again putting Wells in the unenviable position of trying to stop a Turkish stampede.
  — Varun Shankar, Houston Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2026
• Those runs put the Horned Frog in the unenviable position of attempting to dig their way out of a 2-0 hole.
  — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2022
• Reiff has the unenviable task of keeping Pro Bowl defensive end Danielle Hunter at bay.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2021
• Rubio made the rounds on the Sunday shows, but plenty of questions remain about his unenviable new assignment.
  — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2026