as in desirability
suitability for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances
began to question the desirableness of a life of indolence on a tropical isle
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desirableness
Noun
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Select—and selective—five-star hotels are increasingly screening would-be guests for desirability rather than ability to pay.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
11 Apr. 2026 -
Amanda oozes pick-me energy, unable to build self-esteem from within, instead begging for validation through desirability, something that will always be a slippery slope for someone in a monogamous relationship.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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By mid-2025, regional discussions resumed with a focus on feasibility.—
Angela Chitkara,
Fortune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Even city leadership has acknowledged that future proceedings currently before state regulators will have implications for the costs and feasibility of the proposal.—
Chris Cate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Dear Members, In years past, Coop members debated the advisability of joining the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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There’s so much to be discussed discussing the advisability of starting a war, the cost of insurance coverage or loss of cargo is likely insignificant.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There is the inevitable temptation to sacrifice virtue for convenience, to exchange our highest ideals for the false promise of expediency.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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But years of racial pandering had created a too-big tent, enlarged in the name of electoral expediency, that offered dark corners for despicable ideologies.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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China by contrast is beginning to look like a model of prudence and responsibility.—
Anatol Lieven,
Twin Cities,
10 Apr. 2026
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Austria retained possession of Venetia, and prudence dictated to the delegates at the Congress of Vienna that continued Austrian predominance in Italy should guarantee the peninsula against French influence.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Desirableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desirableness. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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