as in unsatisfactorily
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Recent Examples of undesirably
Both of these species are large aquatic rodents that influence ecosystems – beaver dam building changes how water moves, sometimes undesirably for land owners, while nutria are non-native and damaging to wetlands.
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Alex Jensen,
The Conversation,
18 Dec. 2025
While some liners deliver an undesirably smudge-effect, Victoria Beckham Beauty perfectly plumps.
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Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
15 Dec. 2025
Alex Jensen,
The Conversation,
18 Dec. 2025
While some liners deliver an undesirably smudge-effect, Victoria Beckham Beauty perfectly plumps.
—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
15 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undesirably
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Corporate information warfare remains insufficiently explored.
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This is another entry that seems hastily done, insufficiently explained.
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As medetomidine spreads across the country, jails that are still inadequately prepared to treat opioid withdrawal alone could face an onslaught of severe cases.
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India’s waste management system relies heavily on informal collectors who remain inadequately compensated, leading to the creation of parallel streams in the waste economy.
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Siobhan and Rekha collaborate to sort Oreos, but Grant spends this entire episode unwisely rushing into things and paying for it, mostly in humiliation.
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Then, as England’s defenders desperately appealed for handball, Maradona somewhat unwisely celebrated by repeatedly raising his left fist to the crowd, replicating his decisive touch.
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Don’t be pointlessly inscrutable.
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But Senate Democrats in recent months have perfected the strategy of pointlessly running this tactic into the ground.
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“Undesirably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undesirably. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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