as in feasibility
suitability for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances
the desirability of immortality becomes a little less certain after some consideration of the consequences
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Recent Examples of desirability
The debut reveals nine models, in fact, and each one punches far above its weight in the categories of design, nostalgia, and flat-out desirability.
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Nik Miles, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2025
Cultivating a daughter’s education offered an alternative means of increasing her desirability and securing her future.
—Manuela Callari, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
This exclusivity enhances the desirability of these products and immerses consumers into identity shaping communities.
—Rafael Schwarz, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
All of this signifies that these schools have established their standing among the most competitive in the nation, both in terms of their desirability and selectivity.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Nik Miles, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2025
Cultivating a daughter’s education offered an alternative means of increasing her desirability and securing her future.
—Manuela Callari, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
This exclusivity enhances the desirability of these products and immerses consumers into identity shaping communities.
—Rafael Schwarz, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
All of this signifies that these schools have established their standing among the most competitive in the nation, both in terms of their desirability and selectivity.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for desirability
Recent Examples of Synonyms for desirability
Noun
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Leaders everywhere are willing to overlook the well-being of children for political expediency.—
Beatrice Weber,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2025
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The expediency allows the company's constellation to get up and running just before wildfire season begins.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Redemptive leadership at this level means designing for legacy, not expedience.—
Nell Derick Debevoise,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The 2024-25 budget is a prime example of such political expedience.—
Dan Walters,
The Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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These two veterans of a long, bloody war have mostly outlived their usefulness to their respective causes.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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The concept made a limited impact with the team because his boss didn’t believe in its usefulness.—
Ben Bolch,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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“Desirability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desirability. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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